Caption: The Queen has approved the decision to celebrate her 90th birthday by publishing a children’s book
Written by Davide Cali, a Swiss-born Italian children’s author whose work has appeared in 25 countries, The Birthday Crown is a tale about the Queen’s efforts to find the ideal headgear to mark her big day.
It is to be published on April 12 by the Royal Collection Trust
, the department of the household that oversees the opening to the public of several royal residences and of raising funds to conserve the monarchy’s palaces and treasures.The hardback book, illustrated by Kate
Slater, tells the tale of birthday preparations for a vaguely familiar but not strictly identifiable Queen whose Buckingham Palace
courtiers are asked to come up with the right crown for her big day.Her royal jewellers
, gardeners
, and others make suggestions, from a fruit headpiece and a bird cage, to a disco ball and a crown in the shape of a fairground carousel. Click link for full post from EXPRESS.