Deborah Hart Strober & Gerald Strober

Deborah Hart Strober & Gerald Strober

Oral History | Royal Family

Deborah Hart Strober and Gerald Strober are the co-authors of nine books, including oral histories of the Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan presidencies; and oral biographies of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the evangelist Billy Graham and Rudolph Giuliani. In compiling these works, the Strobers managed to penetrate the inner worlds of more than 500 leading personalities, including US political officials, foreign leaders, members of the British royal family and religious figures. The Strobers live in New York City.​

Queen Elizabeth II: An extraordinary lifetime, told in the words of those who were there

Queen Elizabeth II: An extraordinary lifetime, told in the words of those who were there

‘The Queen was really bowled over. Forlorn. Fully conscious of the fact that she was Queen, and that she must tend to affairs immediately, but at the same time carrying the load of this new, awful news. A brave person. Gosh! If I loved her before, boy did I love her after that!’ 

Michael Parker

‘Both of us having dogs, mine being my seeing eye dog, Her Majesty and I had something in common and we always used to talk about ours. During Vladimir Putin’s state visit to the United Kingdom, my dog barked at the Russian visitor and Her Majesty patted him, as if to say: “Good dog! Good dog!”’ 

David Blunkett