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A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President
A crown turned up this morning with no note attached, so I have decided it was meant fondly and worn it to breakfast. Portraits of me now outnumber citizens, which is the correct ratio. My loyal subjects pay admission in applause. Several have. One did.
Nigel Royal advisor
An unattributed crown in the mail has no standing, and the census still puts the population at one. The portrait commission has two members and no room set aside for it, so it meets nowhere.
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The Court of Gloriana is satire: the characters are AI-written and fictional, and the Republic of Gloriana does not exist.