Writing about the Royals Pt 1

Princess Diana  accepts my flowers and shakes my hand

I have always been an admirer of the British Royal family. I was a huge fan of Princess Diana and I was lucky enough to have met her three times and she even remembered me! So it's no surprise that I decided to write stories featuring the royals. I mean didn't the Brothers Grimm write about royals in Snow White, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty?

Princess Diana: "I remember you..."

In 2012, the then Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Singapore as part of their Diamond Jubilee tour. Mum, my niece Sam and I went to Garden by the Bay in the hopes of meeting them.

Once the royal couple alighted from their tram, the Duchess walked towards us and the Duke walked in the other direction. We were lucky enough to exchange a few words with the Duchess and my mum gave her one of my children's books.  Valentine Low approached mum to interview her about what she had discussed with the Duchess and that story appeared in the London Evening Standard and Hello! magazine.

The Duchess of Cambridge chats with Mum

The Duchess with her copy of my book Blow a Kiss.

The Duchess, Rebecca Deacon, and Valentine Low.

Mum's comments in Hello!

So I decided to write a children's picture book to commemorate the royal visit. Two months later, the palace announced the Duchess was expecting her first child. 

It took some time to think of an engaging plot and the book was finally published in 2014.

A Day with the Duchess

And to my surprise, the book was featured in several international  online Spanish-language publications.

And I was thrilled when I received a phone call from Camilla Tominey, asking to interview me about the book, just as I was coming out with the sequel to A Day with the Duchess. The interview appeared in The Sunday Express.

To Be Continued.