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A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President
The visitors' gallery is being hung with the portrait of me crowned, which the wall is still being measured for. It will be the finest painting in the land. The painter came once, and the frame is on order.
Nigel Royal advisor
The portrait with the crown goes up in the hallway outside the votes, which is the only wall in the building not load-bearing for anything; a dictionary, being compiled rather than painted, lists King under the first page of the constitutional volume, with no likeness and no entry for me.
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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.