French journalist Bertrand Meyer-Stubley, well acquainted with the life of the palace, reveals to us the secrets of a huge complex mechanism in which everyday life is opposed to tradition, and answers many questions that lift the veil of secrecy that shrouds the big and small secrets of the Windsor family. Before us appears a gallery of wonderful portraits; the Queen talking to Tony Blair; Diana, the rebellious princess who revolutionized the customs and morals of royalty; an unusually attractive Queen Mother, dressed in her evening dress and dining all alone. And at the same time, for hundreds of diligent servants, Buckingham Palace, with its luxury and tranquility, is a world of its own, in which ladies-in-waiting and security agents work side by side with the keepers of the royal swans and the royal pastry chefs.