The Queen and I (novel) Navy submarine under the Arctic ice cap. Their neighbours, who are at first sceptical, eventually include the ex-royal family in their society and help them as much as their own circumstances allow. Although the Queen Mum is the oldest, she learns very fast how to cope with the new situation, but even in the poor circumstances of Hellebore Close she cannot stop herself from betting on horses. Her death shakes the whole neighbourhood and everyone takes part in her cheap, but solemn funeral. A disgruntled fishmonger and his wife start a campaign to "Bring Our Monarch Back", under its acronym
The Queen and Concubine Heywood), the vast majority are comedies; only three are tragicomedies. (Along with "The Queen and Concubine", the others are "The Lovesick Court" and "The Queen's Exchange".) Brome may have chosen the tragicomic form for "Queen and Concubine" because it allowed him to make, in a limited form and degree, a political commentary. Critics have noted that "Queen and Concubine" is a critique of royal tyranny and courtly sycophancy, issues that were pertinent in the 1630s, when King Charles I was conducting his period of personal rule and Parliament was prorogued. Brome is directly critical of religious support for tyrannous rulers: