Re: Cants

Tristan McLeay scripsit:

> Not forgetting the current Queen of Scotland (or is she Queen of Scots),
> Elizabeth. Elsewhere known as Elizabeth II (even in Realms where there's
> never been another Elizabeth, apart from the numberless late Queen
> Mother,  Queen Elizabeth, who doesn't count because she wasn't monarch).
She is the Queen in Scotland, but she is not the Queen of Scotland nor the
Queen of Scots.  The Court of Session, the highest court of Scotland,
decided on 20 May 1953 that even though there had been no previous
Elizabeth of Scotland, the current monarch was nevertheless "Elizabeth
the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland, and of her other Realms and Territories Queen,
Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith" as much in Scotland as
elsewhere in the U.K.

However, her style is somewhat different in almost every country where
she is sovereign:  in Australia, for example, she is "Elizabeth the
Second, by the Grace of God Queen of Australia and her other Realms
and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth", despite the unquestionable
fact that Australia never had a Queen Elizabeth I (and you yourself are
presumed to be sworn to her in her natural person).

> But this is why in a few years time when the Revolution comes, I will be
> known as the Indisputable Overlord of the World, Tristan, except in
> regions where there's already been an Indisputable Overlord of the World
> Tristan, where I'll append the appropriate number to the end of my name.
Ah, good.  Sure you don't want to go for Supreme Overlord of All the
Universes?  The court costs are exactly the same.

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