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.