Thank you to Hachette for the gifted copy of The New Royals!  All opinions in this review are my own.

The New Royals is a great summary for someone who is looking for an introduction to the modern events of the royal family.  While the book does start further back at the beginning of Elizabeth's reign, it is mainly focused on her children and grandchildren.

Originally, this book was slated to come out in November but was released in September, no doubt due to the death of the queen. Reading this book after her death does not change it's reading as it's very speculative towards the end about Charles's rule. As of right now, there are still many unanswered questions about what kind of king he will be, but this will age the book once he has been king for a few years.

My one complaint was that I was not a huge fan of how the author would insert herself in the narrative at times. Nicholl would often include a sentence stating how she had attended certain events or had covered them. Her few personal sentences didn't add any details to the event being described and it made the book seem biased by doing so.

Read this book if you want an overview of current royal family over the past 30 years or so.