The Dumpy Princess

Princess Victoria lives in a world of dolls, pets and palaces. But with four bad uncles, a penniless widowed mother and wicked Sir John Conroy for company, life isn't easy. It takes Victoria's down-to-earth governess Lehzen, a nice German cousin called Albert and her beloved spaniel Dash to convince the plain little girl with no chin that one day she could become Queen of England. Wittily penned and delightfully illustrated, The Dumpy Princess offers a lighthearted glimpse into a royal childhood. Life is not easy for Princess Victoria, what with four bad uncles, a penniless, widowed mother, and wicked Sir John Conroy for company, but her governess, a nice German cousin, and her beloved spaniel Dash make her believe that one day she could become Queen of England