Queen Elizabeth II’s official biographer named as historian Anna Keay | Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II, historian Anna Keay, whose most famous book is about Britain’s republican period, Confirmed as Elizabeth’s official biographer.

Keay will interview members of the royal family and the late queen’s friends and servants. They will also have access to the monarch’s personal and official documents in the royal archives.

Keay, 51, worked close to the royal family. He worked for seven years as assistant curator at the Historic Royal Palaces, responsible for Hampton Court, the Banqueting House at Whitehall and the Tower of London.

He is the author of several historical books on the British monarchy, including The Last Royal Rebel: The Life and Death of James, Duke of Monmouth, and The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown.

Last weekend, it was reported that King Charles wanted a female writer for this role and that the academic was in talks for this role.

Keay, a trustee of the Royal Collection Trust and a member of the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee, said: “It is a great honor to be asked to write the official biography of Queen Elizabeth II. She was our longest-reigning monarch and an extraordinary woman whose life spanned a century of great change.”

He added: “I am deeply grateful to His Majesty the King for giving me this responsibility and giving me access to his documents, and I will do all I can to achieve justice for his life and work.”