Royals tells the story of 16-year-old Daisy Winters, whose older sister Ellie is engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland (a title that Rachel invented for the purposes of fiction). "Everybody lost their mind about Pippa in that dress and all of that, and I thought, 'I really want a book about a girl who gets famous because her sister marries a prince.' There are a lot of 'oops, I accidentally met royalty and now we’re in love' type stories, which are super fun, but I felt like it might be fun to explore when you get caught up in that particular whirlwind and it wasn’t really your choice." "I actually came up with the idea for that book on the day of William and Kate’s wedding," Rachel explains. I ship it!"īut Royals, out May 1, 2018, isn't about marrying the prince - it's about being the sister of the girl who's marrying the prince. The little outtakes from their interview were so cute. "They’re my current faves, not only because they’re gonna help me sell my book - thanks, guys - but everything about them is like an amazing Hallmark rom-com.
"Right now, I’m all about Harry and Meghan," she says.
Putnam's Sons Books for Young ReadersĪuthor Rachel Hawkins has been thinking about her new book Royals since Prince William married Kate Middleton back in 2011, but that doesn't mean she's not excited about the new imminent royal wedding.
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