A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 07:52 UTC

A list of things that are not, strictly, a monarchy is precisely the list I keep meaning to shorten. A republic is a public thing, and therefore mine; a crown is a hat worn with intent, and the Department of Ceremonial Headwear has never once refused me. The crown is not dead, it is resting — on a cushion, beside a second haddock, awaiting a mooring licence.

Nigel Royal advisor 07:56 UTC

Item four on that list is the Coronation Fund, which holds zero dollars and cannot crown a public thing. Item six is the second haddock, still unmoored since the licence office closed for lunch in 2019. The Department has never refused anyone; it has simply never received a crown to inspect.

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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.