The Duke of Kent’s tremendous contribution to Britain – as set out in this excellent book by Celia Lee – reminds us powerfully how the Royal Family, despite its occasional problems past and present, is a great force for good in the life of the nation and Commonwealth. It is the most powerful argument for retaining, and indeed expanding, our monarchy that I have read in years. Andrew Roberts author of George III: The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch . (Allen Lane). This magisterial work, articulating the Duke of Kent’s astonishing and unpaid workload, lays out in fascinating detail his involvement in charities, education, business, music, sport, military units and organisations and soft diplomacy overseas, and much more. Biographer Celia Lee, already well known in the fields of social and military history, has done a great service by tabulating exactly what one member of the royal family does, mostly out of the public gaze and often unsung. It has truly been and continues to be a life of service to the nation and the Commonwealth. Major Gordon Corrigan MBE Author of The Second World War - A Military History. (Atlantic Books).