Ian has just published a brilliant new biography, The Queen: 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II, timed to coincide with what would have been her hundredth birthday, and he brings to the subject not only meticulous research, drawing on interviews with relatives, courtiers and close confidantes including Lady Pamela Hicks and Mrs Rhodes, but the rare perspective of someone who witnessed the Queen at close quarters, camera in hand, across decades of public life.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
The Lownie Report Podcast: Ian Lloyd on Queen Elizabeth II
April 25, 2026 | I was delighted to sit down recently with Ian Lloyd, one of Britain's most distinguished royal biographers and a former professional royal photographer who spent years alongside the Queen in the 1980s and 90s.
Ian has just published a brilliant new biography, The Queen: 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II, timed to coincide with what would have been her hundredth birthday, and he brings to the subject not only meticulous research, drawing on interviews with relatives, courtiers and close confidantes including Lady Pamela Hicks and Mrs Rhodes, but the rare perspective of someone who witnessed the Queen at close quarters, camera in hand, across decades of public life.
Ian has just published a brilliant new biography, The Queen: 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II, timed to coincide with what would have been her hundredth birthday, and he brings to the subject not only meticulous research, drawing on interviews with relatives, courtiers and close confidantes including Lady Pamela Hicks and Mrs Rhodes, but the rare perspective of someone who witnessed the Queen at close quarters, camera in hand, across decades of public life.
