The Queen and I

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Her husband, Prince Philip, conversely struggles with the situation, refusing to eat, share a bed with his wife, and wishing that he were anywhere but in Hellebore Close. The novel begins in 1992, set just after the general election of the same year, where the House of Windsor has just been deprived of its royal status by the People's Republican Party, and its members made to live like normal citizens. The Queen is our central character and she is called the Queen all through, though her family are swiftly just Margaret, Anne, Charles etc. and Princess Diana features too. Harry and William are, like a corgi, swiftly off behaving like young hooligans with the other hooligans. Anne befriends someone who asks to keep his horse in her garden, while Charles is delighted to do some gardening. Poor Philip becomes extremely depressed and the QM drifts off to a past world of memories. Our heroine the Queen has to learn how to open cans, feed her family and fit into a tiny council house, but we see her persevere and adapt, taking in her stride the full spread of life from births to death. This novel was rather bizarre for me, so unlike the most popular review in the list the ending made it better for me.

Personally, I don't think she went far enough and perhaps if had been written even a few years later, when the wheels were falling off the Royal Family, we might have had a more daring and anarchic novel. I agree with other reviewers that the ending was a cop out but it was flagged up in the opening chapter! I don't know why so many people missed it, there really wasn't any attempt to disguise it. I will refrain from saying what it is though, just in case I get accused of revealing spoilers! Princess Anne rose and stood next to her father. “Thank God for that! At least something good has come out of this bloody shambles. Are you all right, Pa?” It is then revealed that the whole story was a nightmare. The Queen wakes to find that the Conservatives have won the election instead, as indeed actually happened, and John Major has remained Prime Minister. This novel starts on April 9, 1992 (and the book was first published in 1992) with the election. Voila, the anti-monarchist Republican party wins and the royal family is given a very short time to relocate to two bedroom semis (aka semi-detached, aka duplex, welfare housing, and to live on a pension along with paupers and it's illegal to call them by royal titles or treat them any differently than anyone else this is completely unbelievable since not only did the then-Princess Diana have her own wealth, but the British royal family all have private holdings, but of course the humour is set up on the myth that they own nothing of their own.) where we see who rises up to the occasion, who doesn't and how various people react. I disagree that the late Queen would have laughed at this (so it claims on the book).Spiggy, a short man who fitted the carpets for the Queen and starts a relationship with Princess Anne. Prince Edward. Edward is absent for most of the novel, being in New Zealand producing a play. He appears at the end of the book when he is forced into marrying the Japanese Princess Sayako.

Nichtsdestotrotz sind einige Ideen sehr nett und haben mir leichte, seichte und somit angenehme Unterhaltung beschert, vor allem die politischen Implikationen am Ende des Buches mit dem Ausland sind eine gute Idee.Eine grandiose Ausgangssituation: Die Republikaner haben die Wahlen gewonnen, die königliche Familie wird von einem auf den anderen Tag abgesetzt, ihrer Titel und Ämter beraubt, deren Vermögen verstaatlicht, und muss nun in vom Staat zur Verfügung gestellten Sozialwohnungen hausen. Dabei werden sie in das übelste Viertel von London - namens Hellbore (from hell and boring) verfrachtet, wo sie in die indigene Sozialschmarotzerbevölkerung integriert werden sollten - so ala Familie Flodder trifft Windsor. Imagine if the UK became a Republic and the Royal Family were sent to live on a housing estate and told to live like ordinary Britons. How would they cope? How would they adapt? This very scenario is explored in this rather funny little story by Sue Townsend. This was the first book that I have read by this author and it came highly recommended by a friend. On the whole I found it a really enjoyable read. urn:oclc:869827479 Scandate 20091210050227 Scanner scribe1.sfdowntown.archive.org Scanningcenter sfdowntown Worldcat (source edition) When a Republican party wins the General Election, their first act in power is to strip the royal family of their assets and titles and send them to live on a housing estate in the Midlands. But is their breeding sufficient to allow them to rise above their changed circumstance or deep down are they really just like everyone else?

This is such a funny read and although dated, it is still pretty relevant today - and shows the holes in our society. There is no major plot line and to be honest not a lot does happen in the book, but the observations of the Royals, the council estate dwellers and how they live together is fabulous. There are some really moving parts, some very funny parts and in places, it really makes you consider our society. I know this book was published years ago, but somehow I just never got around to reading it until now. It is to be hoped that the members of the ex-Royal family will integrate themselves into their local community, find employment and become useful members of society - something they have not been for many hundreds of years."I wanted to use this book, partly as an antidote to all the ardently royalist activities that were organised for the week, and also to encourage critical thinking amongst the children about the concept of monarchy and social fairness. We had some very interesting discussions about societal hierarchies as a result of reading this text!

Police Constable Isaiah Ludlow, the policeman who took Prince Charles, Beverley Threadgold and Violet Toby to Court. The Queen and I is a 1992 novel and play written by Sue Townsend, a fictional best-selling political satire revolving round the topic of republicanism in the United Kingdom. Having grown up on council estates, I think that some poor people are lazy, incompetent, spiteful and unhelpful, just like better off people. That being said, poor people can be just as noble, self-sacrificing and friendly as anyone with more money. No other author could imagine this so graphically, demolish the institution so wittily and yet leave the family with its human dignity intact' The Times

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Was durch die Konstruktion der Story wie eine aufgelegte Steilvorlage für Situationskomik, Wortwitz, absurde Integrationsgeschichtln, und britische Ironie zu sein scheint, ist leider nur mäßig witzig. Mir ist schleierhaft, wie man solche Vorteile nicht besser nutzen konnte. Auch wird die königliche Familie einfach viel zu wenig durch den Kakao gezogen, fast schon nett, viel zu schmeichelhaft und integrationswillig werden sie beschrieben. Eigentlich würden sie ja mit ihrem gruseligen Weltbild und ihrem Snobismus viel mehr auf Konfrontationskurs mit einer "normalen" Umgebung abonniert sein und gleichzeitig mit Ihrem grausigen Humor und ihrer Obszönität perfekt in das Floddersche Universum der Sozialhilfeempfänger passen. Soviel habe ich von Heathcote Williams in seinem Buch The Royal Babylon gelernt, der bei weitem nicht so devot mit Königs umgegangen ist und dadurch ein weitaus witzigeres Buch geschrieben hat. In this story, the royal family are forced to live on a council estate and of course hilarious hi-jinks then ensue. Lee Christmas, one of the Christmas brother's and cellmate of Prince Charles. Brother to Craig, Wayne, Darren, Barry, Mario and Engelbert.