An investigative glance at the royal family. (hbg-international.com)

Southampton - As the world celebrates the most-anticipated engagement of the 21st century, take a look at where it all began with an in-depth history of the royal family in "The Royals," written by the omnipotent Kitty Kelley.

Kelley, the most fearless biographer of our time, spent more than four years investigating the royal family. In addition to meticulous research into documented sources, she conducted hundreds of exclusive interviews with past and present employees of the royal household, royal friends and relations, courtiers, members of Parliament and other intimate observers. The author has unveiled and examined the private lives of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, Prince Phillip, Prince Charles, Princess Diana, Prince Andrew, and Sarah, the Duchess of York, as well as their forebears and predecessors, as no other biographer has been able to do.

Illuminating the Windsor's arrogance, naivete, and lusts as well as hard work, dedication and the ability to survive the most humiliating disclosures, "The Royals" is Kelley's richest, most iconoclastic, historically significant and compelling book. She smashes the images created by palace bureaucrats and perpetuated by our own fantasies. Yet, she introduces readers to people they can understand and will never forget.