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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lucy Mangan

Queen of Oz review – Catherine Tate is truly monstrous in her new BBC sitcom

Royal mess … Catherine Tate as Princess Georgiana in Queen of Oz.
Royal mess … Catherine Tate as Princess Georgiana in Queen of Oz. Photograph: Lorenzo Agius/BBC

Princess Georgiana is a hard-partying, red-headed spare to the throne of England whose unbecoming antics are catnip to the tabloids. Her co-creator (with Borga Dorter), Catherine Tate, assures us that she is not based on anyone in particular.

When the princess projectile-vomits over a child monarchist during a school visit while profoundly hungover, the king and queen (who, unlike the rest of us, naturally feel that this is not the deserved fate of any child monarchist) decide they’ve finally had enough of their wayward offspring. They vacate the throne of Australia so that she can be sent there as punishment – a last shot at redemption for “the pisspot princess”.

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