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The Prince and Betty is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. Originally released as a serial in early 1912, it appeared in the famous Strand Magazine in the U.K. and in Ainslee's in the U.S.; it was published in book form, in the U.K. only, by Mills & Boon, London, on May 1 the same year.

The story tells of how unscrupulous millionaire Benjamin Scobell decides to build a casino on the small Mediterranean island of Mervo, dragging in the unwitting heir to the throne to help. Little does he know that his stepdaughter Betty has history with the young man John Maude, and his schemes lead to a rift between the newly-reunited pair.

The book published in the U.S. under the title The Prince and Betty (also in 1912) combines some elements of the original story, transferred to a New York setting, along with content taken from Wodehouse's Psmith, Journalist
(1915), substantially rewritten to merge in the romance of John Maude (who becomes an American in this version) and Betty. For more details on this version, see the Psmith, Journalist
entry.

A silent, black-and-white film version was made in 1919; it featured Boris Karloff in what is described by the IMDB as an "undetermined role".

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