The Rise of the Shadow King

Well today is my final final. After this non-cumulative sociology test, I shall be almost set to go home. And then Tuesday I will be on my way home! Oh happy days.

Last night, I came across another interesting article. I'm pretty good at finding these.

This article is about how Queen Elizabeth II (who, according to the article is only ever referred to as "The Queen," since the article never gives her name (I guess they assume it will only be read by British people)) is planning on making her grandson, Prince William, the "Shadow King." And no, that is not in reference to the infamous Shadow King of that video game (you know, that one?), or of the X-Men universe. By Shadow King, the article means a sort of "Ghost King." And not the Hamlet's Dad type of ghost- the "ghost author" type. He will be ruling in her place, while she acts as a figurehead, in order to, as the article states "ease the strain" on her. Responsibilities will include intending afternoon tea and crumpets, shaking the hand of Miley Cyrus, and not being involved in scandal after scandal (if you wonder, he has been involved in various scandals, Google it. And it's not on Wikipedia, which likely means that someone is working to make sure it stays that way). Which brings me to my haiku:

Constitutional
monarchy: The George "Dubya"
Bush of monarchies


As you probably don't know (or care), England is a constitutional monarchy. You might wonder what this means exactly. Well, pretty much, as I insinuate in my haiku, it means that they get to be George W. Bush. Except they're restricted by a constitution.

By being George Dubya, I mean that they get to go around and do whatever the hell they want, without worrying about consequences (though, unlike Bush, they are smart enough to avoid any consequences). And so now, though he will be Shadow King, he will continue to frolic around as he pleases, attending tea time and elevenses to his heart's content. If he's lucky though, his grandmother will still take part in the most daunting of the foreign meetings, saving him from a confrontation with Hillary Clinton for as long as possible.


The title is intended to sound like another one of those B movies.