If you’ve already flown through the latest season of The Crown and are scrambling for more royal content 1.) you are not alone and 2.) we’ve got you covered. The flirtations, suspense, and gossip you love can be found right here in audiobooks about monarchs real and fictional.
Gemma Huang is a recent transplant to Los Angeles, having abandoned plans for college to pursue a career in acting. Gemma’s big break comes when she’s asked to play a lead role in an update of M. Butterfly filming for the summer in Beijing. When she arrives, she’s stopped by paparazzi at the airport. She quickly realizes she may as well be the twin of one of the most notorious young socialites in Beijing….who is also a descendant of the only officially recognized empress regent of China.
Vivian Forest can’t refuse the chance to tag along on her daughter Maddie’s work trip to England to style a royal family member. But what she never expected was an attraction to the Queen’s private secretary, Malcolm. When flirtatious banter turns into a kiss under the mistletoe, things snowball into a full-on fling.
As America adjusts to the idea of a queen on the throne, Princess Beatrice grapples with everything she lost when she gained the ultimate crown. If you can’t get enough of Harry and Meghan and Will and Kate, you’ll love this sequel to the New York Times bestseller that imagines America’s own royal family–and all the drama and heartbreak that entails.
When her warrior father mysteriously dies, Princess Amarande of Ardenia is given what would hardly be considered a choice: Marry a stranger at sixteen or lose control of her family’s crown. In an attempt to force her choice, a neighboring kingdom kidnaps her true love, stable boy Luca. With her kingdom on the brink of civil war and no one to trust, she’ll need all her skill to save him, her future, and her kingdom.
Heartbroken and ready for a change of pace, Millie Quint decides to apply for scholarships to boarding schools, and soon finds herself at one of the world’s most exclusive schools in Scotland. The only problem: Mille’s roommate Flora is a total princess. Like an actual princess. Of Scotland. Before Millie knows it, she has a sort-of-best-friend/sort-of-girlfriend, but the chances of happily-ever-afters are slim…right?
We couldn’t leave off the classic…
Read by Princess Mia herself, Anne Hathaway! She’s just a New York City girl living with her artist mom…until she learns Dad is prince of Genovia. And Dad can’t have any more kids. So like it or not, Mia is prime princess material. The worst part: Princess lessons from the dowager princess of Genovia, who thinks Mia has a thing or two to learn before she steps up to the throne. What’s a girl to do when her name is PRINCESS AMELIA MIGNONETTE GRIMALDI THERMOPOLIS RENALDO?
The real history behind the British crown
In this eye-opening companion to seasons 2 and 3 of Netflix’s acclaimed series The Crown, the show’s historical consultant Robert Lacey takes us through the real history that inspired the drama. Lacey looks at the key social, political, and personal moments and their effects—not only on the royal family but also on the world around them.