"Thames and I" by the Crown Prince is a detailed account of the two years he spent at the University of Oxford in Britain. It is marked by penetrating insight into the history of the "town and gown" relationship between the university and the local communities, the "Matriculation Ceremony" (university initiation procedure), and his observations of Oxford's high street, church towers and famous buildings.
In research for his thesis "The Thames as Highway," he guides the reader through college archives and libraries, as well as the record offices of Oxfordshire and its neighboring counties.
The Crown Prince describes the excellent quality of the Oxford University education system, in particular the benefits of one-to-one tutorials. He comments on the college bars, another British institution viewed as unusual by the Crown Prince for playing an important role in nurturing social adeptness and the ability to express individual opinions.