Red, White & Royal Blue
* Instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller *
* GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019 *
* BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* for VOGUE, NPR, VANITY FAIR, and more! *
What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?
When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.
Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations and begs the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to be? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through? Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue proves: true love isn't always diplomatic.
"I took this with me wherever I went and stole every second I had to read! Absorbing, hilarious, tender, sexy—this book had everything I crave. I’m jealous of all the readers out there who still get to experience Red, White & Royal Blue for the first time!" - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners
"Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously fun. It is romantic, sexy, witty, and thrilling. I loved every second." - Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six
- Pages
- 432
- First published
- May 14, 2019
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Ebook
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Reviews
Started June 13, 2026 · Finished June 14, 2026 · Read 4 times
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Finished July 6, 2023
3.5 stars. This book is little more than fairytale material, pushing a commentary where people are certainly talking, but nothing of real substance is being said. The political agenda of this is just messy. Texas going blue? Yeah right. Alex and Henry’s relationship is deeply okay. I love the banter, although again, there’s little substance to them. These boys try so hard to be profound, but their emails are just…not. And the “rebel in love with Prince Charming” imagery is exhausting. Overall, there’s a lot left unresolved that I feel is swept under the rug with the equally-exhaustive theme of “love conquers all.” And they all lived happily ever after…for how long?
Finished April 29, 2020

