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… very ingenious. However, We must advise you that if you intend to call this “A device to simulate horseback riding”, the saddle horn goes at the front of the saddle. Not in the center. ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
Things Ye Rarely Hear The Queene Say
13thday ofAprilin the year2012
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12thday ofAprilin the year2012
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Yes, We are QUITE certain it is spelt “Canon Law” and NOT “Cannon Law”. ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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And then My Lord Walshingham paused in his reading, bent over a page and STOP THAT SNICKERING IMMEDIATELY BURLEIGH! ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
11thday ofAprilin the year2012
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This Rhum is quite potent - We feel it needs… something. Possibly something from the nectar of the cola berry, perhaps… ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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Who wrote the word ‘tongue’ in front of ‘lashes’ in the new revision of Our Naval Code? ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
10thday ofAprilin the year2012
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As the head of the Church of England, We hereby create and invest a new office: SuperDeacon. ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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When our sedan chair steps off, all porters SHALL step ON the same foot AT the same time lest they incur the wrath of an Englande whose bosom is coming unsecured! ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
9thday ofAprilin the year2012
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Henceforth, courtly dances shall not, and never shall again, involve live squid! ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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So Raleigh’s tobacco is as healthful as the lead used in Our cosmetics, eh? ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
7thday ofAprilin the year2012
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We call this the Vanishing Aubergine feat! ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
6thday ofAprilin the year2012
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Video et taceo
(16th Century “Don’t Ask - Don’t Tell”) ”
(16th Century “Don’t Ask - Don’t Tell”) ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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It is not that the Irish paint vulgar slogans on our fortresses… it is that they always spell the words wrong… ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
5thday ofAprilin the year2012
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Thy Small Clothes are so small… henceforth We shall refer to them as Teeny Tiny Clothes. ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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And so England once again wins the All Monarch Ferret-Legging Championship! ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
4thday ofAprilin the year2012
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The Scone of Stone has a hole drilled through’t, and no one can explain why. They stammer and get all blush-y. ”
—HRH Elizabeth I, Queene of Englande
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Being a compilation of dyverse and various statements, epithets, aphorisms and ejeculations one would rarely hear issue from the mouth of Her Most Royal Majestie, Elizabeth Regina Gloriana, Queene of All Englande, Scotland and Ireland. God Save the Queene!
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