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 I (novel) the Election instead, as indeed actually happened, and John Major has remained Prime Minister. In 2006 a sequel, "Queen Camilla", was published. The novel ignores the revelation that Hell Close was all a dream, and depicts the royal family as still living there, with Jack Barker still in power. The Queen and I (novel) The Queen and I is a 1992 novel/play written by Sue Townsend. The setting is the United Kingdom, after the 1992 General Election, where the House of Windsor has just been deprived of its Royal status by the People's Republican Party and its members made to