Brothers and Wives by Christopher Andersen

 

Title:  Brothers and Wives

Author:  Christopher Andersen

Narrated by:  Nicholas Boulton

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Length: Approximately 9 hours and 55 minutes

Source: Review Copy from Simon & Schuster.  Thank-you!

Are you a royal watcher?  I’ll admit, since my Princess Diana paper doll as a child, I have loved everything to do with the royal family.  I love to read books and news articles about them. One of my favorite shows is The Crown.  I was very happy to get a review copy of Brothers and Wives, subtitled:  Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan.

Brothers and Wives tells the story of William and Harry growing up, their relationship as young men, and how their relationship changed in recent years as they married and had families of their own. It also goes through how their mother’s life and death have inspired the choices the two men make today.  The book also sets the narrative that Harry was always very much the spare and was treated differently by the palace and by the media as compared to his brother.  This accelerated when he met and married Meghan. 

Nicholas Boulton was a great narrator to this book, and I thought it was very interesting to listen to.  As a royal watcher, there wasn’t anything really new in this book. It did give a good overall narrative of the brothers.  It also states that Prince Charles is the person who made the harmful comments about the potential color of Harry and Meghan’s children.  The book did a good job discussing the racial issues that face the royal family.

Overall, Brothers and Wives was an interesting audiobook about Prince William and Prince Harry and their relationship.