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Michael Shea (diplomat) Michael Sinclair MacAuslan Shea, CVO (10 May 1938 – 17 October 2009) was Press Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II from 1978 to 1987. Earlier he had been a career diplomat and was also an author of political thrillers and non-fiction.
Nov 21, 2020 · Shea denied ever leaking the queen’s opinions. Although The Crown makes it look as though Shea was the obvious culprit for the palace leak, the actual events were less cut-and-dry. As The ...
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Michael Shea was born on November 4, 1952 (some sources mistakenly reporting his year of birth as 1951) in Glendale, New York to parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shea. He spent his early years raised in New York and grew up with four siblings, two brothers and two sisters.
Nov 18, 2020 · As The Crown shows, Shea was the author of over 20 books, including political thrillers informed by his time working with the Queen. While season 4 of The Crown is mostly the unofficial "Charles and Diana Show," there's some spotlight given to supporting players in the Buckingham Palace ecosystem. The Queen's Press secretary Michael Shea ...
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Nov 27, 2020 · From 1978 to 1987, Michael Shea lead the royal family through several media crises, including the exposé of the family curator, Anthony Blunt, as a Soviet spy, and the break-in of the Queen's ...
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Michael Shea (July 3, 1946 – February 16, 2014) was an American fantasy, horror, and science fiction author. His novel Nifft the Lean won the World Fantasy Award , as did his novella Growlimb . [1]
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Nov 26, 2020 · Michael Shea was the royal press secretary who managed the queen's image during scandals and events such as the Fagan break-in and the Blunt spy scandal. He was fired for leaking the queen's opinions on Margaret Thatcher, but his fate in real life is unclear.
