François Chevalier is a naval architect, journalist, illustrator, and writer, and also restores boats. May Fife McCallum-Kohn, a descendant of the founder of William Fife and Sons, has gathered unpublished archive documents on shipbuilding, and is the author of Fast and Bonnie: History of William Fife and Sons, Yachtbuilders. William Shawcross is a prominent journalist and broadcaster. He is author of the official biography Queen Elizabeth: The Queen Mother.