The Queen drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people like the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers. She comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with much that she has to do. The consequence is, of course, surprising, mildly shocking and very funny, as Elaine Simpson-
Long confirms in her 5-star review: “Suffering from Monday morning blues? Feeling low? Having a bad hair day? Whatever your problem, I have the answer. Get this book . . .”

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