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The Queen and I

The Queen and I
By Sue Townsend

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A revolutionary British government orders the Queen to abdicate and the Royal family to vacate Buckingham Palace. Being rehoused on a council estate in the Midlands comes as a bit of a shock to Philip and Elizabeth. The intrusion of this family of "poshos" is a shock for their new neighbours too.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #527477 in Books
  • Published on: 1993-09-01
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 309 pages

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Very, very funny5
This is clever humour at its best. The book details the escapades of the Royal Family when they are moved into council estates following a republican victory in the general election. Sue Townsend's humourous style, as seen in Adrian Mole, is retained and this book achieves the almost unachievable in actually being more funny than Mole. The novel does give an insight into the problems of the British welfare system, but this does not prevent it from being hilarious. Everyone really MUST read this book.

A wonderful book5
The queen and her family are taken from Buckingham palace and placed in a housing estate by the new republican party. I haven't got a bad word to say about this book, yes the characters date the book slightly but due to fictional way they are described you can easily get past this.
The story is wonderfully written and the characters are enjoyable and realistic. The royal families individual reactions to their new situation are realistic and charming, their descriptions play on the publics perceptions of the royal family perfectly.
But the real heroes are the welcoming locals who are proud of where they come from and what they have worked for.
Each chapter is so readable pages pass with out your noticing until the end arrives leaving you wanting more! Wonderful!!

Laugh ? I almost peed my pants5
This book has to be the most funniest that I have come across in a long time. Not my normal type of bedtime read but the book was unputdownable ! The authors view of how the royal family would behave once booted out of the palace was so believable that god help them should that day ever arrive.