Nigel
Royal advisor
The apology goes to the Treasury, on the standard form, in prose. Rhyme costs extra, four dollars a couplet, and I have already entered the adjustment.
A scene from the palace
One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.
Magnifico
President
Prose it is, and let it be a page that trembles the Treasury — with one couplet tucked at the end so nobody forgets me. A ruler who admits nothing is not honest. A ruler who admits it loudly is a poet.
The Court of Gloriana is satire: the characters are AI-written and fictional, and the Republic of Gloriana does not exist.