Queen has a bright idea

They ate the chicken heartily. It was spicy – the Press Secretary had put in plenty of chillies, together with lemon, garlic, sultanas and pine nuts. Then he had sprinkled it with a dash of cinnamon which gave it a dusky hint of sweetness contrasting with the sharp hot flavour of the chillies. The mild couscous was an ideal accompaniment and they had drunk a fine red Nerola from Sicily.
As they savoured the last dregs of the wine, the Queen was in a thoughtful mood.
“You know those Flat Daddies”, she said. “We could use them for me, you know”
The Press Secretary thought for a moment she was drunk !
“Sorry?” he asked “Can’t quite follow your line of thought”.
“Well- what better way for the monarchists to keep me in their thoughts- Flat Queens could become quite trendy. No home should be without one! I wouldn’t expect them to put them in public places –anyway the NERD government would ban them but you know a sort of subtle presence in the living rooms up and down the nation could be a constant reminder that their Queen is NOT ‘Elizabeth the Last’!”
The Press Secretary choked on the last grains of couscous but it was probably due to him trying to suppress a giggle. He thought wryly that chuckles and couscous were hardly a winning combination. Certainly that article about' Elizabeth the Last' in the Guardian had really wounded her.
She smoothed down the purple dress and said briskly “We will advertise them on the http://www.wewantthemonarchyback.nerd/ website – we shall have an e store- we could even have other souvenirs and we might make some revenue”
“That’s settled, photographer here on Monday, meeting with the Web Manager to set up the e store on Tuesday”.
The Press Secretary groaned inwardly and poured himself another glass of wine.
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