Re: CHAT: Male Queens and Female Kings (was: CHAT: browsers)

On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:12:53 -0500, Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
wrote:
>> a: Msgr jsK
>> > For "Duchess" read "Duke".  Her title in the C.I. is "Our Sovereign
>> > and Duke of Normandy, Queen Elizabeth the Second."  AFAIK that does
>> > not make Prince Philip the Duchess of Normandy, for which he is
>> > probably profoundly grateful.
>
>In Piers Anthony's "Xanth" novels, there can only be a ruling King of
>Xanth - which means that a woman can rule Xanth, but her title is "King".
> Which does make her husband Queen of Xanth.  I haven't read the most
>recent books, so i don't know if the heir apparent, Princess Ivy, and her
>husband Gray Murphy, have become King and Queen (in that order, of
>course!) of Xanth yet.
>
>-Stephen (Steg)
That reminds me: I had been meaning to ask if your brother's name was Alan,
but I found confirmation reading the archives.
I've only read through Xanth-23 myself, but I understand you are expert on
the subject of punching bags. Anyways, you wouldn't want to reveal too much
of the plot, even if it is mostly obvious.

Jeff Jones