CHAPTER 1

- Why do you think the Queen didnt want a Republican government to be elected?
Republican ideas say that people would have the control, not the monarchy and it wouldnt to
be differences between social classes. A Republican government could take away privileges to
the Royal Family, but the Queen didnt want that.

- What did Jack Barker tell the Royal Family about their new homes? Barker said Royal Family
had to live in humble houses with ordinal neighbors and only with the necessary things,
because it wouldnt need big rooms, servants, many clothes and pets. The Royal Family would
learn to be an ordinal family. Barker also said that the Queen Mother had to live in a bungalow
and the Queen had to care for her without help.

- What did Jack Barker do with the Queens crown and what do you think this signified? He
threw down the crown through the balcony. It signified the end of monarchy.
CHAPTER 2
- Describe Beverly y Tony Threadgold. They were in married and they were the ex Royal
Familys new neighbors (they lived at number eight). He was wearing a t-shirt and jeans. She
was blonde and fat and her clothes were too small for her. Both of them was smoking. At the
first time they helped the Queen and her family.

- List five things the Queen observed in Hell Close. The street smelled bad. Fences were
broken. Gardens were full of rubbish. Barrier guarded. Only one bed in her new house.

- What was the first problem for the Queen, Charles and Diana and how was it solved? They
brought their carpets from the palace, but their new house was very small and the carpets
were bigger than the floor. Tony Threadgold called a friend of him: Mr. Sipggy, a handyman at
housework. He cut the carpets.
CHAPTER 3
- Why wouldnt the Queen let Trish into the house? The Queen didnt open the door for two
reasons: the door was stuck and she was still wearing the pajama.

- Why couldnt the Queen warm the room? She wanted to turn on the heater, because she
wanted to warm the room, but she couldnt. Her son Charles told her that she had to put 50
pence coin in the meter to turn on the heater.

- Describe how the Queen injured herself and how she got out of her house. The Queen tried
to open the food box, but she cut a little bit on her fingers. The Prince Charles saw her mother
bleeding to death. He helped her to climb the window to exit out of the house, and they went
to a hospital.

CHAPTER 4
- Why did all the women visit Diana and what did this show about the people in Hell
Close? Some women came because they wanted an autograph, but in general the neighbors
wanted to help her. When Diana started to talk about her past life, they were very surprised;
there was too much difference between Dianas life and neighbors life.

- What things about family life in Hell Close were new for Diana? Diana learned that the
neighbors help each other and its not necessary money between them. And Diana was
worried because it was night and her sons were out, but in Hell Close it was normal the
children play out at night.

- What did Beverly teach the Royal Family? She showed them how to make some tea.
CHAPTER 5
- How was Philips new life affecting him? The Queen was the first who thought that the ex
Royal Family had to learn how to survive in an ordinal barrier. But Philip didnt want to get
used to their new situation. He was in pyjamas and lying in bed all the day. He said that he
would be at home until he died.

- Why did Charles get involved in the fight between PC Ludlow and Beverly? Prince Charles
saw how the policeman caught Beverly and pulled her arm. Charles had read that some
policemen used their authority in a wrong way, so he went to help her.

- What task did Charles ask Diana to do and why didnt she do it immediately? In the police
station, Charles phoned Diana; she would call their lawyer. But Diana wanted to watch
Casablanca in her new video, so she would call the lawyer when the movie ended.
CHAPTER 6
Diana was upset about 2 things in court. What were they? She forgotten to phone their
lawer and she was jealous when she saw Charles helping Beverly to sit down.

- How was Anne different from the other members of her family? Princess Anne and The
Queen were the most adapted in the ex Royal Family, but there was a difference: in the
beginning The Queen learned from the others but Anne did the things alone; The Queen
learned how to prepare tea because Beverly showed her, but Anne installed a washing
machine only with a toolbox and the instructions.
CHAPTER 7
- Fitzroy promised his mother that he would never go into a betting shop. How did he keep
his promise? He organized bets using his mobile and he received his money in a bank account.

- Why did Fitzroy and the Queen Mother like each other and why were both happy?They like
each other because the Queen Mother needed a person how could put her money on a horse
racing and Fitzroy liked her because she could be a lucky person. They were happy because
they won the bet.
CHAPTER 8
- Why couldnt the Queen get her Emergency Payment? Because she didnt bring a bill to
demonstrate that she lived in Hell Close.

- How did the Queen finally get some money and what did she think made it possible? The
Queen was desperate because she needed some money, so she took Harris and used him to
awareness the clerk.

- Compare the butchers attitude to his two customers. When the Queen arrived she had to
convince him to let her buy some bones for Harris (she showed him her dog, who had a bad
and sad face). He didnt have good manners with her. But the, a well-dressed man came into
the shop, and the butcher was very kind.
CHAPTER 9
- What did Diana and Charles each want to do with the money they had? Diana said that she
needed a haircut but Charles wanted to spend their money in fertilizer for the garden. Charles
adapted very well to his new life but Diana not and she was still thinking about herself.

- Summarise briefly the problems that Marigold Road Junior School had. The ceiling had a lot
of cracks and the water came into the school through them. The school didnt have money but
they couldnt do anymore because the parents of the students didnt have too much money.

- Why was Diana feeling sad at the end of the chapter? Diana was sad for tow reason: the first
one was that she felt that Charles had changed, and the second one was that she remembered
that Charles had a trial and he could go to the prison.

CHAPTER 10
Why did Anne enjoy talking to Spiggy? Because he was a nice man and he didnt know
anything about her and the ex Royal Family. She could be herself with him.

- Where was Prince Edward and what was he doing? He was in New Zealand with a theatre
company (the play called Sheep).
CHAPTER 11
- Why did Trish think that the Threadgold were unstable? Because Beverly was very nervous
and one time she tried to attack Trish.

- Why did the Queen find life horrible? Because she didnt have money, Prince Charles could
go to prison, her husband Philip was in a mental hospital, her doughter Anne had a
relationship with a handyman and she couldnt feed Harris.

- If Trish had read the letter in her briefcase, what would she have realized? She would
discover that the Threadgold werent bad parents and it was possible thet could recuperate
their children.
CHAPTER 12
- Why was the Queen angry with Charles? Because Charles looked like a poor man with his
ponytale; he had to cut his hair and wear better clothes.

- Why did Diana think the Royal Family wasnt emotional? Because nobody asked how did
she feel after the policemen took Charles to his cell.

- Apart from the letter to his mother, what other letters did Charles want to write?He
promised to the Queen that he would write her every day. Also he had to write to Diana to
remember her that she had to water the garden. But the prisoners could only send a letter per
week.
CHAPTER 13
- Why was Charles having problems with the other men? Because the Governor of the prison
had a special treatment with him, because he know that Charles mother was the Queen.

- How do we know that Sayako was rich? She is the Emperor of Japans daughter, she spent a
lot of money in the most expensive shop in London and she was living in the new Buckingham
Palace Hotel (maybe it wasnt a cheap hotel).
CHAPTER 14
- What decision do you think Charles made when he looked out of his cell window?He thought
that if he could go out of the prison, he would escape.

- Why did Diana like Fitzroy? Because he was very tall and he was very well dressed. His
fingernails were clean.
CHAPTER 15
- What did Spiggy do to make the Queen think he was a kind man? The Queen saw how
Spiggy was very kind with her daughter Anne, but the Queen thought that he was a good man
when Spiggy was making a coffin for the Queen Mother and when he made some tea to the
Queen when she felt very sad.

- How did the neighbors show their kindness to the Queen on the day of her mothers
funeral? All the neighbors brought some food and flowers to the funeral. And the Queen
didnt feel alone when the neighbors hugged her.

- What did Charles do when the guard went to the toilet? He called Diana and she gave him a
tracksuit, trainers and some money. Charles escaped to Scotland.
CHAPTER 16
What three things made the Queen think that Jack Barker had spent all the money from
Japan? The Queen noticed that the society had improved but the changes could have been
very expensive. She saw that the taxes were smaller; the school had a new roof

- Describe how the Queens family was in chaos. Philip was in a mental hospital, her son
Charles escaped to Scotland, Edward was disappeared and her mother had died. Anne was
with a handyman and Diane was with a black man. And Harris got wild.

- Why did the Queen decide to invite her neighbors and why did she think it might be a
goodbye party? Because she thought the Prime Minister would resing and probably she and
his family returned to the palace soon.
CHAPTER 17
- What had Jack Barker done? He sold Grand Britain to Japan.

- What did Sayaco try to do to win the support of the British public and how did this
wrong? She was holding Harris in her arms, to demonstrate that she liked animals. But Harris
bit her and the Emperor hit the dog.
CHAPTER 18
- What is the explanation for the whole story? The Queen had a nightmare.