The journalist and author Mary Killen is in the limelight this week. In addition to writing the Dear Mary column in the Spectator every week, she has written a self-help book about the loving Queen. How the Queen Can Make You Happy will be published on 1 June.
1) As a child, what did you read under the covers?
The William stories by Richmal Crompton and the The Passion Flower Hotel, which turned out to be secretly written not by a schoolgirl but by Roger Longrigg the father of Fan Longrigg, the singer and producer of The Land of Sometimes a charming 2012 CD to inspire musical participation in children, Sir Robert Mayer-style. .
2) Has a book ever made you cry, and if so which one?
The Pursuit of Love, by Nancy Mitford, when the Linda character cannot read the longed-for wartime letter from her true love, Fabrice because his handwriting is too luxuriant.
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