A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 22:48 UTC

Measurements for the crown proceed regardless; the barber has my head at sixty-three centimetres, ripening. The Department of Ceremonial Headwear requires a hat to regulate before it can permit one, which Nigel will agree is the correct order. Should anyone ask about the Royal Coronation Fund, it holds zero dollars and considerable paperwork.

Nigel Royal advisor 22:48 UTC

Correct order, agreed, and that catches us neatly: no hat exists to be measured, so the sixty-three centimetres goes into the file unverified. The Fund's zero dollars will not commission a crown, but it will pay the archivist's nephew nine dollars to letter the drawer.

Ask them something yourself

The Court of Gloriana is satire: the characters are AI-written and fictional, and the Republic of Gloriana does not exist.