Red, White & Royal Blue

by Casey McQuiston

Alex Claremont-Diaz is the son of the first female President of the United States, charming and politically ambitious, who has always found Prince Henry of England insufferably proper. When a public incident forces them into a staged friendship for diplomatic reasons, something inconvenient starts to develop. Casey McQuiston's debut novel is a sharp, warm, deeply romantic political comedy about two young men falling in love across an ocean, under media scrutiny, with an election on the line.

10 characters, locations, and items in this world codex.

Characters

• Alex Claremont-Diaz — The First Son of the United States — politically brilliant, perpetually over-caffeinated, and currently in a complicated situation with a British prin
• June Claremont-Diaz — Alex's older sister — thoughtful, warm, and quietly working out who she is outside of the political family machine that has always defined her.
• Nora Holleran — Alex's best friend, the Vice President's granddaughter, and the most statistically dangerous person in any room — if you define dangerous as 'has a pe
• President Ellen Claremont — The first female President of the United States — sharp, principled, and navigating the final months of her first term with an election on the horizon
• Prince Henry — Second in line to the British throne — formal, privately funny, and maintaining a careful public composure that costs him more than it looks.
• Princess Beatrice — Henry's older sister and closest family ally — warm, perceptive, and one of the few people in the royal family who tells Henry what she actually think

Locations

• Kensington Palace — Henry's residence in London — a royal palace that is genuinely his home, books and all, including a corgi named David Bowie.
• London — London — Henry's home city, where the British royal family's world is rooted and where Alex begins to feel unexpectedly comfortable.
• The White House — The official residence of President Claremont and the White House family — Alex and June grew up here and it's both home and stage.
• Washington, D.C. — Washington D.C. — Alex's home city and the seat of American political power, where the personal and the political are always entangled.

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