D R Thorpe

D R Thorpe is a historian and biographer of three Prime Ministers: Sir Anthony Eden, Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Harold Macmillan. He is a senior member of Brasenose College, Oxford. His most recent book is Supermac: the life of Harold Macmillan (Chatto and Windus, 2010)

Queen Elizabeth and her 12 Prime Ministers

D R Thorpe, 8 September 2015 - No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers, The Monarchy

On her 21st birthday in 1947 Princess Elizabeth broadcast from Cape Town in South Africa: I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of …

Queen Elizabeth and her 12 Prime Ministers

D R Thorpe, 1 September 2012 - No 10 guest historian series, Prime Ministers and No. 10, The Monarchy

On her 21st birthday in 1947 Princess Elizabeth broadcast from Cape Town in South Africa: I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of …

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