Sally Bedell Smith, an American author of books about Pamela Harriman, Princess Diana, BillPaley and others, offers her readers the illusion of knowing the queen as a friend.
BillPaley, the quintessential corporate executive supported Murrow, the abrasive and distant iconoclast, at least for much of his career, allowing him to innovate broadcast journalism in the face of everything from Nazi bombers to vindictive U.S. Senators, without having to worry about his budget, or his job.