![]() Having been hauled over the coals – again – by the Queen (who is awesome, by the way) over whatever most recent exploit has landed him in the doggy-doo, he is sent to remote Althorp Anthorp castle to kick his heels and to seriously consider how he is going to handle the future burden of kingship. But now, he’s faced with the prospect of becoming king one day, and he’s not adjusting at all well. ![]() ![]() ![]() Henry has always been the “other” one, the rebel who likes to party long and hard, the one who doesn’t care about tradition and rules – and the one most likely to fuck up. In the previous book, the Crown Prince, Nicholas, stepped aside from the succession in order to marry the woman he loved, leaving his younger brother Harry Henry as heir to their grandmother, the formidable Queen Lenora. I gather it has ties to England and Scotland that go back to medieval times – so where is it? A rock in the North Sea? A bit of Scotland that has somehow become independent, referendum notwithstanding? I’m sorry, I know this is a rom-com and most people probably don’t care, but I live here (the UK, not a rock in the North Sea) and things like this BUG me!Īnyway. For her Royally series, author Emma Chase appears to have carved up the UK to create the kingdom of Wessco (which sounds like a supermarket chain). There seems to be a current fad for fake-British royals in romances, in which authors seem to think it’s okay to mangle British history and geography just so they can employ the trappings of the monarchy in their stories. ![]() I’ll admit to some trepidation when I picked up Royally Matched. ![]()
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