Kari Jonassen Tiedemann hosted best-selling author Robert Lacey and his wife Lady Jane Rayne Lacey for the launch of Robert’s new book at her Park Avenue Apartment on Thursday, November 16th. Robert’s book, The Crown – The Official Companion: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen 1947-1955 is the companion volume to the Netflix hit series The Crown, and is published by Crown Archetype, Penguin-Random House, revealing the lives and loves of both the Queen and her controversial sister Princess Margaret. Lady Jane was one of the six maids of honour attending Queen Elizabeth II at her Coronation in June 1953, so she was able to pass her first-hand memories of the occasion to Kari and her guests, who included Robert’s daughter Scarlett, supermodel Carmen Dell’ Orefice, Michael Pochna, Kevin and Susan Walsh, David Koch and Crown Archetype Publisher, Tricia Boczkowski.