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 can’t get enough Anne Boleyn.
However (and it may be that I’m 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 “About New Adventures…” Am I missing something? If I am, please educate me, as I’m always eager to learn something new.
Again, love the strip, and thanks for the laughs. I need to “teach” my sisters how to play Mornington Crescent. :-)
i’m pretty sure that ‘royal highness’ is used for those who are next in line to the throne (instead of just ‘highness’ for lesser princes and princesses), and ‘majesty’ is used for the occupant of the throne - but i could easily be wrong (it’s very early where i am). i prefer to call her vicky, but i’m an irreverent colonial! (a wild colonial boy!)
Yes it is “Your Majesty” for the King/Queen and “Your Highness” 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 “Highness” when she divorced Prince Andrew). Apparently Queen Elizabeth II insists on only being called “Your Majesty” upon a first meeting, then “Ma’am” thereafter. In order to ensure the correct pronounciation (many English would pronounce “Ma’am” as “Mum” they tell you to rhyme “Ma’am” with “jam”… but different English accents have different ways of pronouncing “jam”! :-S
thatsmyshoe: It’s a good question, since no royal has ever come back from the dead. Edward VIII lost the style “His Majesty” and became “His Royal Highness” once he was off the throne and made Duke of Windsor, so I sort of used that as precedent since Victoria isn’t actually on the throne now, but is still quite regal.
I usually refer to her as “Her Maj” for short, however. I might have to do a V-Mail page on this one.
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 14 years ago
Once you get south of 35th Street, it’s scary enough on the inside.
zero over 14 years ago
The people screaming are Cubs fans…
yyyguy over 14 years ago
see what happens when you don’t listen?!
thatsmyshoe over 14 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 can’t get enough Anne Boleyn.
However (and it may be that I’m 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 “About New Adventures…” Am I missing something? If I am, please educate me, as I’m always eager to learn something new.
Again, love the strip, and thanks for the laughs. I need to “teach” my sisters how to play Mornington Crescent. :-)
yyyguy over 14 years ago
i’m pretty sure that ‘royal highness’ is used for those who are next in line to the throne (instead of just ‘highness’ for lesser princes and princesses), and ‘majesty’ is used for the occupant of the throne - but i could easily be wrong (it’s very early where i am). i prefer to call her vicky, but i’m an irreverent colonial! (a wild colonial boy!)
ana_demeter over 14 years ago
Yes it is “Your Majesty” for the King/Queen and “Your Highness” 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 “Highness” when she divorced Prince Andrew). Apparently Queen Elizabeth II insists on only being called “Your Majesty” upon a first meeting, then “Ma’am” thereafter. In order to ensure the correct pronounciation (many English would pronounce “Ma’am” as “Mum” they tell you to rhyme “Ma’am” with “jam”… but different English accents have different ways of pronouncing “jam”! :-S
Pab Sungenis creator over 14 years ago
thatsmyshoe: It’s a good question, since no royal has ever come back from the dead. Edward VIII lost the style “His Majesty” and became “His Royal Highness” once he was off the throne and made Duke of Windsor, so I sort of used that as precedent since Victoria isn’t actually on the throne now, but is still quite regal.
I usually refer to her as “Her Maj” for short, however. I might have to do a V-Mail page on this one.
fairportfan over 14 years ago
And, of course, the classic error in the media regarding titles is “Princess Diana” - that one was even common in Brit media, apparently.
She was Lady Diana, Princess of Wales.
The spouse of a non-regnant prince doesn’t get “princess” in front. OTOH, Rainier was regnant, so Grace Kelly properly became “Princess Grace”.
I know, nobody cares.
cwreenactor over 14 years ago
LOL!!!
The Old Wolf over 14 years ago
The greatest form of humor in my book is incongruity. This strip competes with Bizarro, Non Sequitur and Red Meat for highest awards…
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 14 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 14 years ago
Wow. How come people on this comic site are so intelligent? This is rare.
fairportfan over 14 years ago
Because it attracts a certain type of person? Checl out the comments to “Pibgorn”
gwyncat over 14 years ago
Fairportfan – I care! Thanks! I always want to learn something new – and correct things I’m doing incorrectly.
Plus, I’m really anal-retentive when it comes to stuff like that. (Yes, it DOES have a hyphen! And it’s this big: - ) ;)
And, yes, I’m thinking of Captain Jack, too!