“I have to be seen to be believed.”
~ Queen Elizabeth II
“I create feelings in others that they themselves don’t understand.”
~ Lightning McQueen
“…well-versed in etiquette, extraordinarily nice.”
~ Killer Queen by, well, Queen
It is a great day to celebrate Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II! On Saturday, she commemorated her Diamond Jubilee. That’s 60 years of working the same job and living in the same house without dying from boredom. You go, Girl!
Without a doubt, Queen Elizabeth II is an extraordinary royal. And when you compare her to a few other queens we know, it is easy to see why…
Elizabeth II has never peddled a poisoned apple like the Evil Queen in Snow White.
She has never abducted children like Hans Christian Andersen’s Snow Queen.
As far as we know, Elizabeth II does not live backward in time like Lewis Carroll’s White Queen, nor has she been known to shout, “Off with their heads!” like his Queen of Hearts.
Unlike Titania, Queen of the Fairies in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Elizabeth II has never fallen in love with a Bottom.
And thus far (fingers crossed), Elizabeth II has not turned into a toad like the wicked Witch Queen in The Tale of the Laidley Wyrm.
Well, there you have it. Queen Elizabeth II wins the Extraordinary Queens Contest, hands down.
Or rather, hands up –
Because, boy howdy, that woman can out-wave them all, too.
PROMPT: Yep, there’s the Snow Queen, the Evil Queen, the White Queen, and the Queen of Hearts. But let us also not forget chess queens, queen bees, fairy queens, beauty queens, drama queens, and, of course, drag queens. Surely, there’s a queen you can write about today. Or you can just spend your time bossing everyone about and being a royal pain. Your choice.
I'll take the latter. I'm good at being a royal pain.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a bunch of bloomin' rubbish to me. I have never known you to be a pain -- royal or otherwise.
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