History Literature / RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue

** Before Alex was in a relationship, he and Nora would invoke this by getting drunk in hotel rooms and making [[TheImmodestOrgasm loud moaning noises]] at the wall to rile up the tabloids for their own amusement. The press just loves the idea of them together and won't let it go.

* ClosetKey: Henry makes Alex realize that he is bisexual.

* MeaningfulName
** Alex is named after founding father Alexander Hamilton and the archangel Gabriel, the patron saint of diplomats. He described his name as being a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The novel was [[Film/RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue adapted into a movie]] starring Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine as the leads. It was released on August 11, 2023.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Ellen has a unique ability to be this as ''the President of the United States''. [[spoiler:When she finds out Alex is dating Henry, she puts together a PowerPoint presentation about how it's totally fine that he's bi, and she's happy he's seeing somebody, but does it ''have'' to be the Prince of Wales? Alex genuinely wishes for death at this moment.]]

** The [[PowerTrio White House Trio]] is the media nickname for Alex, June, and Nora, the granddaughter of the VP, coined shortly before the inauguration by their press team and fed to the magazine People.

** The [[PowerTrio White House Trio]] is the media nickname for Alex, June, and Nora, the granddaughter of the VP, coined shortly before the inauguration by their press team and fed to people.

* GenerationXerox: The ForbiddenRomance between Henry and Alex echoes the relationship between Henry's own parents Arthur and Catherine. In literally any other relationship, Arthur would've been considered a serious catch, being a wealthy and famous stage and film actor. Instead, he fell in love with Princess Catherine, whereupon his career and lack of pedigree made him wholly unsuitable as a spouse. The two were so in love that they got married anyway despite Queen Mary's objections. Likewise, Alex would've been a perfect acceptable partner for Henry as a child of a President of the United States; however, he's a man, which in Mary's eyes makes him even less of an option than Arthur was. Despite that, the two of them are too in love to let that barrier come between them and fight for their right to be a couple in the open.

** A significant portion of the book explicitly takes place during 2020, but, as it was written before that year, there is no UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic in the story.

* EnforcedMethodActing: [[spoiler:None of the Claremont-Diazes or their allies know of Luna's FakeDefector plan. Luna intentionally keeps them out of the loop, so that their reactions of hurt and betrayal will help sell his defection and ally any suspicions Richards has (that and Rafael knew they'd tried to talk him out of the plan if he'd confided in them).]]

** Alex affectionately calls June "Bug".

* BetaCouple: [[spoiler:Zahra and Shaan.]]

* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Rafael Luna is an Independent senator who was recruited into politics by Oscar, and has become a very close family friend of the Claremont-Diaz's. 20 years ago, Luna was sexually abused by Jeffrey Richards, the Republican nominee. He is dedicated to doing whatever he could to keep a predator out of the White House. He knew that his story alone would not be enough to change people’s votes, but if he found more incriminating information to leak, that could make a difference. So Luna convinced Richards that he did not believe Ellen would win, and that he could help him get more votes. Luna did not tell anyone his intentions and let them believe that he really truly switched sides, as he knew that would call him crazy.]]

* ArcWords: “History, huh?”

* BetaCouple: [[spoiler: Zahra and Shaan.]]

* CodeName: Not unsurprisingly, given their positions, The First Family have code names used by the Secret Service. Ellen is “Black Bear”, June is “Bluebonnet”, and Alex is “Barracuda”. According to June, each of them chose their code name.

* DefconFive: Zahra invokes this after the [[spoiler: outing]].
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Rafael Luna is an Independent senator who was recruited into politics by Oscar, and has become a very close family friend of the Claremont-Diaz’s. 20 years ago, Luna was sexually abused by Jeffrey Richards, the Republican nominee. He is dedicated to doing whatever he could to keep a predator out of the White House. He knew that his story alone would not be enough to change people’s votes, but if he found more incriminating information to leak, that could make a difference. So Luna convinced Richards that he did not believe Ellen would win, and that he could help him get more votes. Luna did not tell anyone his intentions and let them believe that he really truly switched sides, as he knew that would call him crazy.]]

* [[GoodWithNumbers Human Calculator]]: Nora is constantly calculating probabilities of events, and becomes a data analyst for the campaign. Alex describes talking to her while she is working as "trying to have a meaningful conversation with a high-speed computer that loves Chipotle and makes fun of what you're wearing".
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler: Rafael Luna invokes this when explaining his defection to Alex.]]

** Alex affectionately calls June “Bug”.
* LongDistanceRelationship: Alex and Henry, as the former is in DC and the latter is in London. [[spoiler: At the end, Henry confesses that he's bought a brownstone in Brooklyn, where Alex can live in while he goes to law school and Henry can join him part-time while overseeing his charity work in New York.]]

* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Henry and Alex, before they become friends, often exchange barbs coated in politeness … at least until Alex loses his temper.

** Before Alex was in a relationship, he and Nora would invoke this by getting drunk in hotel rooms and making [[TheImmodestOrgasm loud moaning noises]] at the wall to rile up the tabloids for their own amusement. The press just loves the idea of them together and won’t let it go.