A MESSAGE FROM HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

from an email from my sister.


A MESSAGE FROM HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Britain & Ireland, Queen of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and her other realms and territories, Defender of the Faith.

Greetings!

In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the reputedly 'United' States of America and thus to govern yourselves in proper and orderly fashion and not cause annoyance to the rest of the world, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. (You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.)

Her Majesty will resume the Crown's duties over all US states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy and has given to her Government of Grenada in compensation for your invasion of 1983, and New Jersey, which we can't give away).

Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor-General of America without the need for further elections.

The House of Representatives and the Senate (aka 'Congress') is immediately disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed or care.

To aid in the transition to a Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

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GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!