So the environment in which Georgie moves is colored by my own experiences. I had tea with the queen when I was young and met the queen mum on several occasions (delightful woman). I should also add that I have met several members of the royal family. I’ve read biographies and autobiographies of secretaries, nannies, etc., and in some cases, I’ve used actual phrases the person uttered. Simpson’s mocking of the Duke and Duchess of York, the little princesses and their passion for horses … all true. If they say something, it is either a real quote or a sentiment they have expressed. I chose Rannoch for the family seat because it is so barren and remote and I wanted her to have enough good reasons to flee from her Scottish castle.īut as to the royals around her-I have tried to make them as real as possible.

I’ve never actually mentioned which of Queen Victoria’s daughters was her grandmother, but one daughter did marry a Scottish nobleman (not called the Duke of Rannoch), so that much is accurate. As if the rascal wasn't enough of a handful, now he's suspected of murder.How real is her royal spyness? I receive this question a lot, so I thought I better answer it now that the 12th book in the series, Four Funerals and a Wedding, is out.įirst, I have to confess that if you check the royal family tree, Lady Georgie doesn’t exist.

Eyes fall, backs turn, and fingers point to the young heir. With the house in a hubbub over the news, Jack's hunting knife somehow finds its way into the Duke's back. And no sooner has the lad been retrieved than the Duke announces he wants to choose his own heir. But upon arrival at Kingsdowne Place, my dearest Darcy has been sent to fetch Jack, leaving me stuck in a manor full of miscreants, none of whom are too pleased with the discovery of my new ward.

The upside is I am to live in luxury at one of England's most gorgeous stately homes. Read more Altringham, the Duke's newly discovered heir fresh from the Outback of Australia, for high society. I have been entrusted with grooming Jack. And while it hasn't landed me a job, or a husband, it has convinced Her Majesty the Queen, and the Dowager Duchess to enlist my help. Here I am thinking the education I received at my posh Swiss finishing school would never come in handy. It's forks on the left, knives on the right, not in His Majesty's back. As thirty-fifth in line for the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch may not be the most sophisticated young woman, but she knows her table manners. A mix of Wodehousian farce and whodunit that is sure to appeal to Downtown Abbey fans, Lady Georgie - 35th in line to the throne, flat broke and struggling to survive in the Great Depression - is embroiled in a mystery. Description for Heirs and Graces (Her Royal Spyness) Paperback.

Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen