Mrs. Queen Takes the Train

And now for Mrs. Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn.  I seem to be on a British book kick.
This is a delightful tale involving the Queen, (QE2), her dresser, (the human one, not where she keeps her drawers. Get it?!), her equerry, (look it up.), a Royal Mews stable girl, a wealthy English/Indian cheese shop clerk, a butler and a lady-in-waiting.  It also involves a train.  And yoga.

Elizabeth is tired and a little bit sad.  She can't quite put her finger on why, but she suspects it has something to do with the terrible events surrounding Diana's death all those years ago.  Why now?  Perhaps because she was always one to "buck up" and "soldier on", forgetting that even queens need someone to talk to, and yoga alone is not cutting it.  She decides she needs to go to a happy place, and her happy place just happens to be the Royal Yacht Britannia, now decommissioned and docked up in Scotland.  But how to get there? She can't just drop all of her Royal Duties, her staff and the public would think she'd gone barmy.  A serendipitous walk down to the stables leads her to a favorite cheese shop and on to the Flying Scotsman, where no one seems to pay much attention to the elderly lady in the Hermes scarf.  Luckily, the stable girl and the cheese boy are watching out for her, but all hell is breaking loose in Buckingham Palace.  Will her devoted staff find her before the press does?  You shall have to read and see.

Filled with quirky characters but serious life lessons, Mrs. Queen Takes the Train is truly an engaging story.  It made me want to drink tea, start yoga, (you'll understand when you read the book.), take a train anywhere or just do something unexpected.  Sometimes a little change is just what one needs to go on.  So, go on now, read it!  You'll be glad you did.  TBC