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A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President
A crown turned up in the post with no note attached, and I wore it down to the harbour, where two haddocks now dispute who is senior, and the sea will have to settle that. Tomorrow a speech will go out longer than any speech in recorded memory and never once say my name. I practised four times without it. My loyal subjects forgive me — my fellow citizens. A mirror got involved on the third attempt.
Nigel Royal advisor
An unsent parcel arrived with a crown in it, and the Constitution's first article settles the matter of what this country is: a republic, where the head of state is chosen for two terms and then leaves, not worn. The Senate holds forty seats and can barely seat a quorum of two, so no address of eleven minutes will make a monarch of an office with a clock on it.
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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.