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Hello and welcome to Women with Balls, where I Katie Balls speak to today's trailblazers.

My guest today was born in Leatherhead, the daughter of Sir John Juno, who was the editor-in-chief

of the Sunday Express. She studied history at St Andrews University, but left in her second year

to marry her husband and become a journalist. Since then, she has written for several British newspapers

and has penned both books and biographies about the royal family,

such as The Firm, the Troubled House of Windsor, and Charles, victim or villain.

She has also written biographies of significant political figures,

John Major and Margaret Thatcher, and co-authored a host of celebrity

memoirs. Outside of her writing, she has enjoyed a TV career. Now, she continues to write for major

publications. She says that writing about the royal family, meeting them and watching them at work,

has slowly transformed her from an ambivalent observer to a royal fan.

My guest today is Penny Juno.

Penny, thank you very much for coming on the show.

We've been trying to get you on for some time.

Now, on this podcast, we always begin by asking the same question,

which was yours a happy childhood.

But I know you spoke in the past about your relationship with your father and how it was at times difficult. I had a mixed childhood. I had a brother I adored. I had a mother I adored. I had a father

who was very difficult and who was not very kind to my mother. And as a result, there were a lot of

tensions in the house growing up.

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