From hero corgis to royal underwear – how children’s books portrayed the Queen

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From hero corgis to royal underwear – how children’s books portrayed the Queen
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From hero corgis to royal underwear – how children’s books portrayed the Queen 🟠 The monarchy’s pomp seems designed for children – so it’s no wonder she popped up in so many kids’ books

. Their picture books bristled with crenelations and turrets. I never thought much about the monarchy, but our nursery shelves suggested a household obsessed.

‘s much-loved story of Harmony Parker might be about animals and people, but he named it after the particular element of the 50p piece that Harmony must rub to grant magical wishes:The Paddington Platinum Jubilee sketch has taken over my social media feeds, but in fact, Paddington and the Queen had their first encounter inPaddington has come to Buckingham Palace to watch the guards march, but he is too small to see above the crowds.

For there is something marvellous about being noticed when you are little . For a child, there is an additional sense of one’s true importance being acknowledged; of being offered, if only momentarily, a taste of adulthood. Even anarchist-in-miniature Horrid Henry finds himself desperate for the Queen’s attention., when a little girl called Sophie is placed by a giant hand directly into the royal bedroom.

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