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Okay, first of all, love the comic. I found it not too long ago, and fell in love immediately. It speaks to my inner Anglophile, my inner royalphile, and my inner lover of all things snarky (snarkophile?). Plus, apparently Anne Boleyn makes an appearance, and I canât get enough Anne Boleyn.
However (and it may be that Iâm just not that well educated in how royalty works, being American), I thought that as Queen, Victoria should be styled Her Majesty, not Her Royal Highness, as seen in âAbout New AdventuresâŠâ Am I missing something? If I am, please educate me, as Iâm always eager to learn something new.
Again, love the strip, and thanks for the laughs. I need to âteachâ my sisters how to play Mornington Crescent. :-)
iâm pretty sure that âroyal highnessâ is used for those who are next in line to the throne (instead of just âhighnessâ for lesser princes and princesses), and âmajestyâ is used for the occupant of the throne - but i could easily be wrong (itâs very early where i am). i prefer to call her vicky, but iâm an irreverent colonial! (a wild colonial boy!)
Yes it is âYour Majestyâ for the King/Queen and âYour Highnessâ for Princes/ses. However it is decided on an individual basis whether or not a royal offspring is allocated the moniker (for example, Princess Anne refused to give either of her children titles and Sarah Ferguson was stripped of her âHighnessâ when she divorced Prince Andrew). Apparently Queen Elizabeth II insists on only being called âYour Majestyâ upon a first meeting, then âMaâamâ thereafter. In order to ensure the correct pronounciation (many English would pronounce âMaâamâ as âMumâ they tell you to rhyme âMaâamâ with âjamâ⊠but different English accents have different ways of pronouncing âjamâ! :-S
thatsmyshoe: Itâs a good question, since no royal has ever come back from the dead. Edward VIII lost the style âHis Majestyâ and became âHis Royal Highnessâ once he was off the throne and made Duke of Windsor, so I sort of used that as precedent since Victoria isnât actually on the throne now, but is still quite regal.
I usually refer to her as âHer Majâ for short, however. I might have to do a V-Mail page on this one.
And, of course, the classic error in the media regarding titles is âPrincess Dianaâ - that one was even common in Brit media, apparently.
She was Lady Diana, Princess of Wales.
The spouse of a non-regnant prince doesnât get âprincessâ in front. OTOH, Rainier was regnant, so Grace Kelly properly became âPrincess Graceâ.
That final panel somehow puts me in mind of the TARDIS heading several million miles up the timestream with Captain Jack hanging on the outside for dear life.
Edcole1961 over 15 years ago
Once you get south of 35th Street, itâs scary enough on the inside.
zero over 15 years ago
The people screaming are Cubs fansâŠ
yyyguy over 15 years ago
see what happens when you donât listen?!
thatsmyshoe over 15 years ago
Okay, first of all, love the comic. I found it not too long ago, and fell in love immediately. It speaks to my inner Anglophile, my inner royalphile, and my inner lover of all things snarky (snarkophile?). Plus, apparently Anne Boleyn makes an appearance, and I canât get enough Anne Boleyn.
However (and it may be that Iâm just not that well educated in how royalty works, being American), I thought that as Queen, Victoria should be styled Her Majesty, not Her Royal Highness, as seen in âAbout New AdventuresâŠâ Am I missing something? If I am, please educate me, as Iâm always eager to learn something new.
Again, love the strip, and thanks for the laughs. I need to âteachâ my sisters how to play Mornington Crescent. :-)
yyyguy over 15 years ago
iâm pretty sure that âroyal highnessâ is used for those who are next in line to the throne (instead of just âhighnessâ for lesser princes and princesses), and âmajestyâ is used for the occupant of the throne - but i could easily be wrong (itâs very early where i am). i prefer to call her vicky, but iâm an irreverent colonial! (a wild colonial boy!)
ana_demeter over 15 years ago
Yes it is âYour Majestyâ for the King/Queen and âYour Highnessâ for Princes/ses. However it is decided on an individual basis whether or not a royal offspring is allocated the moniker (for example, Princess Anne refused to give either of her children titles and Sarah Ferguson was stripped of her âHighnessâ when she divorced Prince Andrew). Apparently Queen Elizabeth II insists on only being called âYour Majestyâ upon a first meeting, then âMaâamâ thereafter. In order to ensure the correct pronounciation (many English would pronounce âMaâamâ as âMumâ they tell you to rhyme âMaâamâ with âjamâ⊠but different English accents have different ways of pronouncing âjamâ! :-S
Pab Sungenis creator over 15 years ago
thatsmyshoe: Itâs a good question, since no royal has ever come back from the dead. Edward VIII lost the style âHis Majestyâ and became âHis Royal Highnessâ once he was off the throne and made Duke of Windsor, so I sort of used that as precedent since Victoria isnât actually on the throne now, but is still quite regal.
I usually refer to her as âHer Majâ for short, however. I might have to do a V-Mail page on this one.
fairportfan over 15 years ago
And, of course, the classic error in the media regarding titles is âPrincess Dianaâ - that one was even common in Brit media, apparently.
She was Lady Diana, Princess of Wales.
The spouse of a non-regnant prince doesnât get âprincessâ in front. OTOH, Rainier was regnant, so Grace Kelly properly became âPrincess Graceâ.
I know, nobody cares.
cwreenactor over 15 years ago
LOL!!!
The Old Wolf over 15 years ago
The greatest form of humor in my book is incongruity. This strip competes with Bizarro, Non Sequitur and Red Meat for highest awardsâŠ
Never ridden the lines in Chicago but 18 years of the IRT, BMT and IND in New York makes it work for me. Yeesh this is funny.
fairportfan over 15 years ago
That final panel somehow puts me in mind of the TARDIS heading several million miles up the timestream with Captain Jack hanging on the outside for dear life.
saturntv over 15 years ago
Wow. How come people on this comic site are so intelligent? This is rare.
fairportfan over 15 years ago
Because it attracts a certain type of person? Checl out the comments to âPibgornâ
gwyncat over 15 years ago
Fairportfan â I care! Thanks! I always want to learn something new â and correct things Iâm doing incorrectly.
Plus, Iâm really anal-retentive when it comes to stuff like that. (Yes, it DOES have a hyphen! And itâs this big: - ) ;)
And, yes, Iâm thinking of Captain Jack, too!