The Sunday New York Times is so good it takes your breath away. Who are all these earnest people writing about earnest subjects, taking them so seriously? We need these kind of people inthe world but I am thankful not to be one of them.

I have decided to write a book about Queen Mary of Teck. Today's situation in England would have been impossible without her influence on the young Princess Elizabeth. It is the secret, the key to this bizarre anachronism.