Royal biographer makes bold claim in new book: ‘the distress the Sussexes caused the Queen in her later years cannot be overestimated’

Royal biographer makes bold claim in new book: ‘the distress the Sussexes caused the Queen in her later years cannot be overestimated’

In the years since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a curious shift has taken place, writes royal commentator Afua Hagan. The late monarch, once defined by distance, duty and near-superhuman restraint, is now being rediscovered – not as a figurehead or an institution, but simply as a woman.