Elizabeth learned at the age of ten that she would one day be queen. At the age of fourteen, she spoke to children all over the world over the radio during the Second World War. When her father died, she ascended the throne at the age of 25. But she still had a lot to learn. She took lessons in English constitution and politics from a professor. Because her tutors had a different task: to make a lady out of the princess. And now she should negotiate with the Prime Ministers! And she did that for about seventy years now!

From the  English by Silke Kleemann