{"id":202155,"date":"2026-04-18T23:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202155\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T23:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:35:13","slug":"queen-elizabeth-iis-official-biographer-named-as-acclaimed-historian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202155\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s official biographer named as acclaimed historian"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Historian Anna Keay, known for her acclaimed book on Britain\u2019s republican period, has been confirmed as Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s official biographer. <\/p>\n

This significant appointment grants Ms Keay extensive access, enabling her to consult with Royal Family members, the late Queen\u2019s friends, and household staff during her research. <\/p>\n

She will also gain entry to Queen Elizabeth<\/a>\u2019s personal and official papers, securely held within the Royal Archives. <\/p>\n

The confirmation follows reports last weekend that the King sought a female author for the task, with Ms Keay previously in discussions for the prestigious role. <\/p>\n

Official royal biographies often reveal unexpected facts and illuminate important historical periods.<\/p>\n

\"DrDr Anna Keay, who has been confirmed as the official biographer of Queen Elizabeth II (PA)<\/p>\n

William Shawcross\u2019s official biography of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother revealed she believed Edward VIII was \u201cbemused with love\u201d at the time of his abdication and how she suffered from bowel cancer in her 60s but was successfully treated.<\/p>\n

Ms Keay said on her appointment: \u201cIt is a profound honour to have been asked to write the official biography of Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was our longest-reigning monarch and an extraordinary woman, whose life spanned a century of great change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Keay is a trustee of the Royal Collection Trust, which the King supports as patron, and is a member of the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee.<\/p>\n

She has written a number of books about British history and culture including The Restless Republic: Britain Without A Crown, winner of the 2023 Duff Cooper Prize for non-fiction, which chronicles the 11 years Britain was a republic after Charles I was tried and executed.<\/p>\n

The historian added: \u201cI am deeply grateful to His Majesty the King for entrusting me with this responsibility and for granting me access to her papers, and will do all I can to do justice to her life and work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-202155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-queens","12":"tag-queens-headlines","13":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}