The Queen and I
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The Queen and I
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Narrated by:
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Angela Thorne
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Sue Townsend
About this listen
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?
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- susan smith
- 12-08-16
so funny
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would listen again, so much happening i must of missed some bits while laughing!!
great book for light hearted escapism
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- Anthony
- 22-01-17
Had me Laughing 😆 all through
Having read 2 of the Mole books 📚 years ago,thought I'd give this one a go,very good.
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- Sarah K. Crosby
- 18-04-17
Brilliant
Laughed out loud lots! Very funny, very clever and scarily very believable! Classic Sue Townsend!
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- Liam OSullivan
- 15-10-24
great fun
great fun with laugh out loud moments and perfect narrator. almost believe it could happen.
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- AnimeGirl
- 01-01-25
Hilariously funny
The ending felt rushed as if not all story lines were completed. The audience doesn't get an understanding of the Japanese involvement, BOMB's progress etc.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-02-25
jarring reading style. not suited to the story
didn't like how it was read much. the reader just had the rhythm wrong
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- M Ryan
- 11-03-20
Great performance but has not aged well
I hate books that end with "what an awful dream". Just a warning that this book has not aged well ( Diana is spoke about loads)
I personally can't stand the Royal family and I must agree the Queen would struggle living with the "normal people"
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- Lucie
- 27-07-16
Very, very funny
A fabulous idea for a book (I wonder if any of the royals have read it? I would love to know their opinion!) and I still found it relevant and engaging despite my reading it a decade or so after the fact. Great political satire, great characters, despite many being hugely exaggerated stereotypes, this added to the humour and was just right for this book! Love Sue Townsend, no cringe-worthy cliches in her writing, and this is one of her best.
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- George
- 24-02-18
mildly entertaining
This had a mildly entertaining storyline with very clear narration. A bit different from the ordinary.
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- Anne
- 10-12-24
light hearted funny
light hearted listen. not to be taken seriously. the way the different characters react is funny
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