Forging of a Princess: How generations of steely social-climbing matriarchs shaped Kate Middleton's character

of our times. ��Aunt Lily wore fancy skirts and dresses, and when the New Look arrived (inspired by Christian Dior in 1947) she instantly took to it, with its longer hem and fitted waist,�� says her niece Shirley Beedle, who was very close to the family...