Red, White & Royal Blue
**What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?** When his mother became President of the United States, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius--his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with an actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex/Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse. Heads of family and state and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: Stage a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instagrammable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the presidential campaign and upend two nations. It raises the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to be? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through? This description comes from the publisher.
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After a public fight between America's First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz and Britain's Prince Henry, the two are forced to fake a friendship for the cameras. Their secret emails turn into something else.
Yes. Red, White & Royal Blue contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 out of 5 on the spice scale.
Yes. Red, White & Royal Blue contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 out of 5 on the spice scale.
Yes. Amazon Prime Video released a 2023 film adaptation directed by Matthew Lopez. A sequel film is in development for 2025.
Red, White & Royal Blue was written by Casey McQuiston, published in 2019 by Knaur.
Red, White & Royal Blue is 462 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Red, White & Royal Blue takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
Red, White & Royal Blue is a standalone novel by Casey McQuiston, not part of a series.
Red, White & Royal Blue is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.