fuck the royals, but also it was so much more funnier to get to talk about The Queen doing stuff than The King, RIP Liz u truly had a better vernacular vibe
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"The King owns all the swans": weird, gross, who does that
"The Queen owns all the swans": bold, assume they obey her commands, what a weird accident of history
@ingrid the king owns all swans not allocated to the (worshipful company of) dyers, and vintners
otherwise we wouldn't need the swan upping, where the swans on the thames are counted and marked, every year
apropos of nothing i would also like to mention the whole "we rent land with a sharp and a blunt knife" thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Remembrancer#Quit_Rents_ceremonies
This brought to you by me having to explain crown copyright in the dissertation