Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest yesterday， nine days after her death at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle。 It was reported that she had been at work til two days before her death， meeting with the new Prime Minister， and asking her to form a government in her name。 Elizabeth’s death coincides with the publication of a new bio of the Royal Family， “The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown”， by Katie Nicholl。Katie Nicholl has written a good book， beginning with Eliza Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest yesterday， nine days after her death at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle。 It was reported that she had been at work til two days before her death， meeting with the new Prime Minister， and asking her to form a government in her name。 Elizabeth’s death coincides with the publication of a new bio of the Royal Family， “The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown”， by Katie Nicholl。Katie Nicholl has written a good book， beginning with Elizabeth’s early life and ending with who’s who， first in King Charles’s reign and thenin William’s and George’s。 How will Charles continue to “slim down” the Royal Family， as Elizabeth began to do late in her reign？ In fact， how will Charles act as a buffer between his mother’s reign and his son’s？ Those are just a few of the questions Nicholl tries to answer in her book。“The New Royals” is good look at Britain’s Royal family。 She writes well and doesn’t seem to engage in wild speculation that is found in many of the books written about the RF。 。。。more