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Casey mc quiston5/21/2023 The next thing he knows, he is tripping over his own foot and stumbling backward into the table nearest him. One convenient plot device later – which has the subtlety of an episode of Friends – and Alex and Henry’s rivalry creates a diplomatic incident involving a minor physical altercation and They already know Henry in a diplomatic capacity and Alex insists that he despises all that Henry stands for. The trio seem to delight in creating gossip and rumour about their love lives, treating it as a game, whilst simultaneously feeling a little adrift and superfluous. The scenario is set up thus: in 2016 at the close of his mother’s first term as President, Alex and his sister June and their best friend Nora, grand-daughter of the Vice President, are the glittering photogenic darlings of the world media, loved and photographed and pursued. I was far more invested in the characters of Alex Claremont-Diaz and Henry, Prince of Wales – and the relationship between them – than I would ever have expected. It turns out that the answer to both those questions is yes. Could a transatlantic love affair between two pampered, highly privileged teenagers hold the attention of a jaded tired Brit, weaned on socialist rhetoric? Could that same Brit look beyond the slightly cliched and stereotypical portrayal of the United Kingdom?
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