The Uncommon Reader

Alan Bennett, 8 March 2007

... There were many who hoped for a similar meeting of minds by saying they were reading Harry Potter, but to this the Queen (who had no time for fantasy) invariably said briskly, ‘Yes. One is saving that for a rainy day,’ and passed swiftly on. Seeing her almost daily meant that Sir Kevin was able to nag the Queen about what was now almost an ...