Why did Bonnie Prince Charlie turn down the throne of America? How were Napoleon and Wellington related? Was the Tay Bridge disaster the result of a failed attempt to assassinate Karl Marx? David Baldwin uncovers some startling and fascinating facts in this survey of royal prayer through the ages, which ranges from Queen Hatchepsut of Ancient Egypt to Diana, Princess of Wales via George Washington and the ill-fated Russian Imperial Family. Culminating in the contributions made by The Queen and the Royal Family today, the author demonstrates that royal prayers can have immense consequence for the psyche of the nation as well as the individual.

Introduction: Royal Prayer -- A Justification
Chapter 1: Royal Launching and Christening of Ships
Chapter 2: 'Near Miss' Royal Prayer
Chapter 3: The Modern Application of some old Royal Prayers
Chapter 4: Royal Prayer in Scotland
Chapter 5: Royal Prayer for Bonapartes
Chapter 6: Royal Prayer of America
Chapter 7: The Washington Prophecy of 1732
Chapter 8: The Star Spangled Banner
Chapter 9: Royal Prayer at times of Personal and National Distress: Natural Disasters
Manmade Disasters
Chapter 10: Royal Prayers facing Revolution:
Prayers of the Russian Royal Family
Prayers of a Romanian Princess
Prayers of the Greek Royal Family
Chapter 11 Right Governance
Chapter 12: Royal Patronage
Chapter 13: Royal Remembrance
Chapter 14: Prayers of Diana, Princess of Wales
Chapter 15: Royal Prayer in the Exploration of Earth and Space and the development of Nuclear Theology
Chapter 18: Epilogue
Appendix: Royal Military Prayersv