The Prince Charles Letters
A Future MonarchaEUR (TM)s Correspondence On Matters Of The Utmost Concern
Published on 15. September 2011
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-84513-681-9 (ISBN)
Description
'IT IS FAR TOO GOOD TO BE A SPOOF' Roger Lewis, author of Seasonal Suicide Notes
In the summer of 2011, a mysterious gentleman sidled up to the reception of a London publishing house, deposited a memory stick on the desk then melted away. The stick was a revelation; it contained hundreds of letters, all seemingly written by Prince Charles.
Dating back to his boyhood and addressed to a far wider range of recipients than hitherto suspected - including the Pope, Celine Dion and a recurring correspondence with former deputy prime minister John Prescott - the Prince of Wales' epistolary efforts reveal a man unafraid to grapple with the great questions of our time.
Whether inviting Lady Gaga to one of his Outward Bound events, advising the Village People on matters naval, or recommending to David Cameron that he and his ministers take turns to pull each other to Cabinet meetings by rickshaw, this is a Prince both ready and willing to think outside the royal box.
After reading Charles' attempts to reach out to his future subjects, world statesmen, the plant kingdom and the occasional higher being, few could fail to agree with his heartfelt conviction that, hang it all, something - indeed, almost anything - really must be done.
In the summer of 2011, a mysterious gentleman sidled up to the reception of a London publishing house, deposited a memory stick on the desk then melted away. The stick was a revelation; it contained hundreds of letters, all seemingly written by Prince Charles.
Dating back to his boyhood and addressed to a far wider range of recipients than hitherto suspected - including the Pope, Celine Dion and a recurring correspondence with former deputy prime minister John Prescott - the Prince of Wales' epistolary efforts reveal a man unafraid to grapple with the great questions of our time.
Whether inviting Lady Gaga to one of his Outward Bound events, advising the Village People on matters naval, or recommending to David Cameron that he and his ministers take turns to pull each other to Cabinet meetings by rickshaw, this is a Prince both ready and willing to think outside the royal box.
After reading Charles' attempts to reach out to his future subjects, world statesmen, the plant kingdom and the occasional higher being, few could fail to agree with his heartfelt conviction that, hang it all, something - indeed, almost anything - really must be done.
Reviews / Votes
'Prince Charles has a dry sense of humour - and he'll probably have a good chuckle at a new book of spoof letters' 'Witty and irreverent peek at the (Charles') innermost thoughts' ' Prince Charles has a dry sense of humour - and he' ll probably have a good chuckle at a new book of spoof letters'' Witty and irreverent peek at the (Charles') innermost thoughts'
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84513-681-9 (9781845136819)
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A Future Monarch's Correspondence On Matters Of The Upmost Concern
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Person
David Stubbs is a journalist and humour writer whose work regularly appears in The Sunday Times, the Guardian, Uncut and Arena. He is the author of a number of books, including The Prince Charles Letters: A Future Monarch's Correspondence on Matters of the Utmost Concern, Fear of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don't Get Stockhausen and Send Them Victorious: England's Path to Glory 2006 - 2010. He was also a contributor to The Atheist's Guide to Christmas.