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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Townsend Sue Townsend]'s follow-up book "Queen Camilla" was published by Penguin Books in 2006. [[File:QueenCamilla.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Book cover]]

== Blurb ==

What if being royal was a crime?

The UK has come over all republican. The royal family exiled to an exclusion zone with other villains and spongers. And to cap it all, the Queen has threatened to abdicate.
Yet Prince Charles is more interested in root vegetables than reigning ... unless hi wife Camilla can be queen in a newly restored monarchy. And when a scoundrel who claims to be the couple's secret love child offers to take the crown off their hands, the stage is set for a right royal showdown.

But the question for Camilla (and the rest of the country) must be: queen of the vetable patch or queen of England?

== Praise for the Book ==
[[File:Exclusionzone.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Exclusion zone for Royal Family]]

'Brilliantly satirical' Evening Standard.

'One of our finest living comic writer' The Times.

'Brilliantly funny' Closer

'Another fantastic read from Townsend' OK!

== Amazon Link ==

[http://www.amazon.de/Queen-Camilla-Sue-Townsend/dp/0141024453/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books-intl-de&qid=1278352884&sr=8-2 Amazon.de: Queen Camilla]

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The Queen and I

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1572/3-1637. Dramatist, scholar, poet. One of the major rivals of [[William Shakespeare]] and representative of the Comedy of [[Humours]].

== Life ==

Ben(jamin) Jonson was born in or near London in 1572/3 as the son of a clergyman. After his education at Westminster School, he first worked as a bricklayer, then joined the military and later an acting group. In 1597, he became a player and playwright for the Henslowe's companies. In 1605, Jonson wrote his first Court Masque and from that time on began to constantly write masques for court. Almmost 30 years later, "his last masques were produced" (1633/4). In 1616 (the year Shakespeare died), Jonson was granted a pension by King James I, even though he was not officially appointed the first Poet Laureate. In the same year, he received an honorary MA from Oxford University and he also became a lecturer at Greshman College in London.
In 1628 Jonson suffered a stroke and he died in August 1637. He was buried at Westminster Abbey and his tombstone was engraved with the words "O rare Ben Jonson".
Jonson was described as arrogant, but he was also warm-hearted and his influence under James I was unlike no other's.
While Shakespeare was considered irregular, messy and chaotic (and in dire need of "improvement") during the time of the [[Restoration]], Ben Jonson advanced to the status of model dramatist, because he kept to the (pseudo-)Aristotelean unities. There was even a school of writers which called itself "the sons of Ben".

== Works ==

Jonson's first important play – a comedy – 'Every Man in His Humour' was performed in 1598 by the Lord Chamberlain's Company (including William Shakespeare) and was printed in 1601. His first still exhttp://www.el.rub.de/wiki/Brit-Cult/index.php?title=Ben_Jonson&action=editisting tragedy 'Sejanus' was performed at the Globe by his rival's company in 1603.
Two years later, his first Court Masquee was performed "to accommodate Queen Anne’s desire to appear as a Negress".
One of his major plays – Volpone- was performed at the Globe and two universities.
Jonson also wrote two epitaphs for his first daughter and son: "On My First Daughter" (c. 1595) and "On His First Sonne" (1603) which were both published in his folio of 1616.

== Source ==

Margaret Drabble. ''The Oxford Companion to English Literature'. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Ben Jonson

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1572/3-1637. Dramatist, scholar, poet. One of the major rivals of [[William Shakespeare]] and representative of the Comedy of [[Humours]].

== Life ==

Ben(jamin) Jonson was born in or near London in 1572/3 as the son of a clergyman. After his education at Westminster School, he first worked as a bricklayer, then joined the military and later an acting group. In 1597, he became a player and playwright for the Henslowe's companies. In 1605, Jonson wrote his first Court Masque and from that time on began to constantly write masques for court. Almmost 30 years later, "his last masques were produced" (1633/4). In 1616 (the year Shakespeare died), Jonson was granted a pension by King James I, even though he was not officially appointed the first Poet Laureate. In the same year, he received an honorary MA from Oxford University and he also became a lecturer at Greshman College in London.
In 1628 Jonson suffered a stroke and he died in August 1637. He was buried at Westminster Abbey and his tombstone was engraved with the words "O rare Ben Jonson".
Jonson was described as arrogant, but he was also warm-hearted and his influence under James I was unlike no other's.
While Shakespeare was considered irregular, messy and chaotic (and in dire need of "improvement") during the time of the [[Restoration]], Ben Jonson advanced to the status of model dramatist, because he kept to the (pseudo-)Aristotelean unities. There was even a school of writers which called itself "the sons of Ben".

== Works ==

Jonson's first important play – a comedy – 'Every Man in His Humour' was performed in 1598 by the Lord Chamberlain's Company (including William Shakespeare) and was printed in 1601. His first still exhttp://www.el.rub.de/wiki/Brit-Cult/index.php?title=Ben_Jonson&action=editisting tragedy 'Sejanus' was performed at the Globe by his rival's company. In 1603.
Two years later, his first Court Masquee was performed "to accommodate Queen Anne’s desire to appear as a Negress".
One of his major plays – Volpone- was performed at the Globe and two universities.
Jonson also wrote two epitaphs for his first daughter and son: "On My First Daughter" (c. 1595) and "On His First Sonne" (1603) which were both published in his folio of 1616.

== Source ==

Margaret Drabble. ''The Oxford Companion to English Literature'. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Prince William

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William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor (Prince William) was born on 21 June 1982 in London. On 4 August 1982 he was christened in the music room of [[Buckingham Palace]].

== Family ==
Prince William is the older son of the [[Prince of Wales]] ([[Prince Charles]]) and the Princess of Wales ([http://www.el.rub.de/wiki/Brit-Cult/index.php/Princess_Diana Diana]) and has a younger brother, [[Prince Harry]]. His parents split-up at the end of 1992, which was announced by John Major, the then Prime Minister; 4 years later, on 28 August 1996, their marriage was dissolved, but Princess Diana stayed at [[Kensington Palace]] ([http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/biography/index.html]). When Prince William was 15, his mother was killed in a car crash.

== Education ==
At first, William attended Mrs Mynors School, then he went to Wetherby School (London) between 1987 and 1990. After that, he spent five years at Ludgrove School (Berkshire) and then went to Eton College where he studied History of Art, Geography and Biology [one cannot really "study" at a Public School - did he take his A-levels in these subjects?]. After a gap year, he started studying at St Andrews University (Scotland) and graduated in Geography in 2005.

== Army ==
In 2006, Prince William became an army officer at [[Sandhurst]] and a Second Lieutenant of the Household Chivalry. Now he is in training in order to become a Search and Rescue Pilot for the Royal Air Force. In the RAF he is known as "Flight Lieutenant William Wales" ([http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrinceWilliam/Adayinthelifeof/Overview.aspx]).

== Charities and patronages ==
At the moment Prince William is the President or Patron of 13 charity organisations, but he also supports other charity organisations and events.

== Sources ==
* Clarence House. "Prince William". 22 April 2010. http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/princewilliamprinceharry/princewilliam/biography/index.html
* Clarence House. "The Prince of Wales". 22 April 2010. http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/biography/index.html
* The official website of The British Monarchy. 22. April 2010. http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrinceWilliam/PrinceWilliam.aspx

Thomas Cromwell

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Thomas Cromwell was born around 1485 in Putney, Middlesex and died on 28 July 1540 at the Tower of London. [[File:Thomas_Cromwell.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Thomas Cromwell]]

Not much is known about his early life (starting with the exact year of his birth), but Cromwell - just like his mentor Cardinal Wolsey - came from humble origins.

Cromwell studied law and became an employee of Cardinal Wolsey. After Wolsey’s downfall in 1529, he gained the King's trust and was appointed a royal counsellor.

In 1532 Thomas Cromwell became the King's chief minister. His career skyrocketed and he had a lot of political authority. Cromwell was also named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Privy_Seal Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal] and Secretary of State. He now had influence over the King's correspondence, too.

Cromwell was among the men who were in favour of King Henry as the Head of the English Church. He also took care of the Act of Supremacy in 1534. Cromwell played a huge role in the English Reformation and he was mainly responsible for the dissolution of the monasteries.

After Jane Seymour’s death in 1537, he urged the King to remarry soon. He intended the King to have a Protestant wife - Anne of Cleves - to strengthen the relation to German Protestants. Cromwell praised Anne's beauty and after King Henry had seen a portrait of her by Holbein, he agreed to the marriage. Unfortunately, Anne was not as beautiful as the portrait promised and the marriage was never consummated. Cromwell had to take care of the divorce and some of his enemies saw their chance to further weaken Cromwell's position at court.

Before Cromwell lost the King's favour, he was made Earl of Essex on 18 April 1540, a title that only lasted for almost two months. Cromwell was arrested on 10 June 1540, stripped of all his titles and taken to the Tower of London. He was accused of high treason and heresy. On 30 June, Cromwell wrote a letter to the King, begging him to have "mercy, mercy, mercy".

On 28 July 1540 he was beheaded at the Tower of London. Unfortunately for him, the executioner did a rather sloppy work and did not manage to kill Cromwell at the first swing of his axe. The excution of Thomas Cromwell (played by James Frain) was also shown in the TV series [http://www.sho.com/site/tudors/home.do The Tudors] and can be watched [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BX7qxV0Xb0 here].

It is said that King Henry soon regretted his decision to sentence Cromwell to death and mourned his loss.

Thomas Cromwell was a great uncle of Oliver Cromwell.

== Sources ==

* Gardiner, Juliet. The Reign of Henry VIII. Personalities and Politics. London: Collins & Brown, 1991.
* Jacobs, Eberhard; de Vitray, Eva. Heinrich VIII. von England in Augenzeugenberichten. Düsseldorf: Karl Rauch Verlag, 1969.
* Maurer, Michael. Kleine Geschichte Englands. Stuttgart: Reclam, 2007.

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