Sir Roy Strong was educated at the University of London, and the Warburg Institute. He joined the staff of the National Portrait Gallery in 1959 and became its director from 1967 to 1973. He was director of the Victoria & Albert Museum from 1974 to 1987, when he resigned to become a full-time writer, broadcaster and consultant. His books includeThe Cult of Elizabeth, Gloriana, Henry Prince of Wales, Painting the Past, The Story of Britain, The Arts in BritainandFeast: A History of Grand Eating(all available in Pimlico).
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