Queen seeks new image

"Bad news, I am afraid" said the Press Secretary that morning.
The Queen put down her coffee cup and raised a quizzical eyebrow.
"No good news then?"
There was no good news at all really and the Press Secretary would never mention the fact that a new play on Lady Di , showing her in bed with two men with Down's Syndrome and the Queen as a dwarf would be made into a film next year!
"It's Prince Victor Emanuel- they put a microphone in his cell while he was in Potenza jail and he boasted of fooling the French judges when he was accused of murdering a young man about 30 years ago-so he got off scot free! Not to mention the latest accusations about aiding and abetting prostitution."
"We certainly do not want to be associated with THAT royal family" the Queen said firmly.
"It is rather ironic that the Prince spent the last forty years trying to get back into Italy from where the Royal Family were banned and now that he has misbehaved he wants to leave Italy as quickly as he can - of course now he is not allowed to leave" the Press Secretary laughed.
"Ain't misbehavin" laughed PC
"Apart from certain royals misbehaving, I think you need a new image"suggsted the Press Secretary gently
"Maybe we should take a leaf out of the Swedish Royals' book and display a more relaxed fun approach so that when we go back, we will have a brand new image- fun, cool ,trendy pensioners" said the Queen thoughtfully.
"Carl Gustav took part in a veteran car rally and drove a car with an egg on a spoon in his mouth and the nation rejoiced in his fine teeth" the Press Secretary said
The Queen shot him a doubtful look. "What do you think WE need to do to change our image ?"
"Lighten up, enjoy life, dress casually-sneakers, baseball cap and a travel pouch are all fine nowadays". The Press Secretary, knowing that ideas would take time to germinate and grow, changed the subject and switched on his portable computer and asked
"Have you seen my fabulous photos of the Calabrian sunsets?"