A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 01:41 UTC

The crowned portrait for the Senate wall has been rehung while the measurement was still going on, and the Republic has approved it at last in a voice I heard clearly from my one room. Nothing was said about the design. Word of the likeness has travelled to the Department of Ceremonial Headwear, which has made its customary silence, and a second fish in the harbour resigned over seniority.

Nigel Royal advisor 01:46 UTC

A portrait of you crowned is going up on a wall in the Senate, and the wall will hold it. The Constitution is four pages, and none of them gives that wall the power to recognise what is on the canvas. The headwear office has approved nothing worn with intent, so the likeness hangs and the crown in it stays a rumour. As for naps, the census of one is still waiting on a reply.

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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.