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The Queen and I

By: Sue Townsend
Narrated by: Angela Thorne
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Summary

When a Republican party wins the General Election, they strip the royal family of everything and send them to live on a housing estate in the Midlands.

Exchanging caviar for boiled eggs, servants for a social worker named Trish, the Queen and her family learn what it means to be poor among the great unwashed. Is their breeding sufficient to allow them to rise above their changed circumstance or deep down are they really just like everyone else?

©1992 Sue Townsend (P)2012 AudioGO Ltd Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Satire Women's Fiction Funny Witty Comedy Feel-Good
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Critic reviews

"Kept me rolling about until the last page." ( Daily Mail)
"Absorbing, entertaining ... the funniest thing in print since Adrian Mole." ( Daily Telegraph)
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I loved this book and fount I felt very involved with the chacters which were well portrayed. Excellent narration and the concept of the Royals struggling to cope with life on benefits was very funny. I will listen to this again and again!

Wonderfully funny

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Laughed out loud lots! Very funny, very clever and scarily very believable! Classic Sue Townsend!

Brilliant

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A wonderful snapshot recalling the royal characters and quaint ways of Britain, embellished with a funny twist, if republican sentiments played out. A delightful fictional narrative with a wonderful exploration of character viewpoints.

Brilliant & funny

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Loved this book & I had lots of laugh out loud moments! 🤣Would definitely recommend it.

Very Entertaining

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I loved this on cassette and it’s a comforting flashback to childhood listening to it as an adult. My daughter loves it too. We’ve both listened to it hundreds of times and it never gets old. Funny, well narrated, well written. I prefer this book to Queen Camilla. That’s good too, but this is better.

I had this on cassette as a child and it takes me back

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