Title: Diana, Charles, & the Queen
First published: 1998
Description: Long respected for bringing his poetic vision to histories, stories and legends, William Heyen captures the successes and shortcomings of the world's most visible family - The Royals. Through poems that both startle and delight, Diana, Charles, & the Queen reimagines the lives of those born and wed into the House of Windsor.

A young Elizabeth contemplates love while crying into a cloth woven by Mahatma Gandhi; a gallant Charles courts a wide-eyed Diana with anecdotes of his travels; and Mother Teresa reads in the papers about Diana giving "the royal finger/to a photographer who'd crowded her/once too often." Gradually, we see the marriage of Diana and Charles crumbling, and the Windsors contemplating their role in Britain's future.
Subjects: Poetry, Princesses, Princes, Queens, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Places: Great Britain
People: Charles Prince of Wales (1948-), Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain (1926-), Diana Princess of Wales (1961-)
LC classification: PS3558.E85 D53 1998