The Queen and I is an hilarious novel that pokes fun at the British
royal family by setting up an unrealistic yet wonderfully
imaginative scenario. The “republicans” have won the latest election in Britain and have decided that all the royal family’s possessions will be seized and they will be forced to make their own way in the
world. They are plunged into instant poverty and must make ends meet in the real world. This novel will probably not be greeted with warmth by royalists but is guaranteed to have you in fits of laughter otherwise. The queen herself adopts the stiff upper lip approach and tries to get along with her new life only to find that a can of corned beef
really is too much to deal with and can’t get the thing open to save her life. Prince Philip is devastated and takes to his bed indefinitely, Prince Charles ends up in gaol after having a scrap with one of the neighbours and must suffer the loss of his organic garden, and Anne manages to get by because she has a horse! It is really a laugh a minute and extremely enjoyable. If only it were true!