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By Diane , Armchair Tour Guide · 3 posts · 1371 views
last updated Jan 18, 2013 07:12PM
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Well-known British author Townsend takes an amusing premise about as far as it can go with her silly take on what might happen if the British royal family was stripped of its titles and possessions. In this farce, subliminal TV messages hoodwink British voters into electing a Republican ticket on an abolish-the-monarchy platform. The bulk of the plot is fairly predictable, but nonetheless enjoyable, fish-out-of-water stuff as the royals are sent to live in nasty council housing amidst the rabble
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What if the Republican won the election and British Monarchy was demolished? The more absurd thing is that the royal family have to stay in a public housing project. Chaotic, with a sense of dry British humor, this book brilliantly made you think more about the meaning of royal family and monarchy, and the silliness of them all :D
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Kirsty
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