To celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday, the Royal Collection Trust has published a new children’s book, written by Davide Cali, the well-known author of books for children and young adults and illustrated with highly original collage illustrations by Kate Slater.
The Birthday Crown is a delightful tale of the Queen’s search for the perfect crown to wear on the occasion of her birthday.
The book opens with the preparations for the celebrations at Buckingham Palace, overseen by the Master of Ceremonies, but the right crown for the special day still needs to be found.
The royal jewellers, gardeners, stables 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.
At the end of the story it is the Queen’s grandson who finally offers the ideal solution – a paper crown that he has made himself.
