‘To many observers Queen Elizabeth II is the epitome of a regal monarch, but to her great-grandbabies, she is simply the much-adored “Gan Gan”.’ Lucinda Hawksley’s unusual, lavishly illustrated book covers both public and private aspects of the Queen’s life and reign: in four biographical chapters and one surveying the changing world around her, the ‘500 Facts’ begin with her birth on 21 April 1926 and end with the structure that houses Big Ben being renamed as Elizabeth Tower in 2012.