Top critical review
2.0 out of 5 starsA short book of often ill informed and irrelevant fact and much speculative opinion.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2017
I borrowed this book under the new Prime book lending scheme, so it cost me nothing. If I'd paid the £1.99 asking price, I'd have returned it and requested a refund. I'm surprised that a noted Royal author has put his name to this mish mash headlined 'Prince George...'
From the title, a reader may reasonably expect the (very short at 52pp) book to be about Prince George. It isn't. He features along with Charlotte and other short chapters about Royal births, Catherine, The Line of Succession, Sporting Royals, Shooting, Fishing, Who's Who in the family and other assorted topics with a loosely Royal slant. But what's really annoying throughout is the extent of random speculation and factual inaccuracy. For example,
'When he leaves Eton in 2031, it is a safe bet that George will move to Scotland and enrol at St Andrew's...'
'Brief spells in one or more of the armed forces will follow and. He will certainly be taught how to fly jets...' Pure and utter speculation. His father and uncle are helicopter pilots, not jet pilots. Prince Charles doesn't fly jets. Ill informed rubbish. And how does the author know that he'll wear a Barbour jacket one day?
I can't recommend this in any way.
