‘Kalam Nawaem’ is based on the
format of the top US show 'The View'. It is one of the top ten shows in
the Arabic world and is broadcast throughout the Middle East and in the United
States.
The interview will focus on
Gregg’s latest novel for children, The Princess and the Foal which was
published internationally in November 2013 and became a bestseller over the
Christmas period.
The Princess and the Foal is a fictionalised account of HRH Princess Haya Bint Al
Hussein’s childhood in Jordan after her mother Queen Alia dies in a helicopter
crash. On her sixth birthday her father gifts her an orphan foal and so begins
an epic tale culminating in Princess Haya defying convention to ride in the
toughest equestrian competition in Arabia – The King’s Cup.
HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein
went on to become an Olympic show jumper and flag bearer for Jordan, and is
currently the head of the international governing equestrian body, the FEI.
Stacy Gregg’s books in the Pony
Club Secrets and Pony Club Rivals series have sold in excess of a million
copies worldwide. For The Princess and the Foal Stacy undertook
extensive research, travelling to Dubai to get the blessing of Her Royal
Highness before embarking on the book. On another trip to Jordan, Stacy
visited the stables and other sites that shaped Princess Haya’s childhood, and
interviewed long-time friends and acquaintances.
Gregg says the story of Princess
Haya was a story she personally felt a strong relationship with since her own
mother had died when she was young.
There has been a huge
international response to The Princess and the Foal with rights sold in
UK, USA, Commonwealth, France, Germany, Denmark, Slovenia, the Arab countries
and China.
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