If the Prime Minister gets to be involved, I think it's only right that Elizabeth gets let in on this little secret!  Thanks so much for a lovely review. (It was rather fun to imagine what could have been!)

Oh, drat, you're right! I started with a list of classics from Victoria, Elizabeth II, and Prince Philip. (Really, the Duke of Edinburgh has said some amazing things over the years. Just incredible things, many of which I'm sure you know. They do get fairly good press.) After all the cuts, I thought I had left it with only things from Bess, but you're absolutely right! I'll rearrange the A/N when they allow me to do so on Sunday night.Thanks so much! I do love the image of her on Kingsley's arm, staring down Fudge within an inch of his life.

So glad you admire Prince Philip. I consider him to be one of our true national treasures. There's nothing like a snigger behind one's hand when someone has the balls to say what we all really think, however politically incorrect it might be.I can't wait until I'm ninety and can get away with it.

She managed to give radio broadcasts as an awkward teenager during WWII! She can surely handle one measly wizard! Thanks so much.

Someone's got to do it! If it's not Dumbledore, and it's not Harry... why not the Queen of England?

Watching the Prime Minister's introduction to the wizarding world was so entertaining - I do wonder what Elizabeth's first reaction to Kingsley would be!

I hope so! This also gives Elizabeth and the PM something else to chitchat about at all those official functions they attend, don't you think?

*GRINS WILDLY* That's right! If you can handle everyone from Winston Churchill to the Iron Lady, you can handle Cornelius Fudge.

I know! Poor Elizabeth has been trying to secure a victory at the English Derby for decades now, and her horse has placed as high as second, but no victory there yet. The two nods to the prompt are really the Queen and Kingsley (Potterwatch code name: Royal).I think you're on to something with the royal ceremonial standards... who's to say what secrets they hold?

Thank you so much! Yes, there's something about the Queen and Kingsley together that makes me very, very happy. Besides, we know that he's been working with the Prime Minister for quite some time, so perhaps he's known her for many years...

Thanks! It was a fun write. Our admins have come up with some fantastic prompts, haven't they?

She takes no prisoners, that one. ;)

Thanks very much! I tried to work "royally" in there twice: KINGsley and the QUEEN. This week's was a fabulous prompt for all of us!

He really does, doesn't he? A politician's curse, the life spent vying for the approval of others. Perhaps he and Elizabeth can play nice and make up, and she can take him along to her milliner's shop for a better bowler!

It's true, she's been there through Churchill! Actually, the bit about her birth year and Tom's is also (roughly) true - they're the same age.

Oh, not a chance! Especially not now, knowing that Kingsley's on to him...

Thanks so much! An excellent hat is truly an underappreciated thing. I do so enjoy the idea of the Queen on Kingsley's arm, standing up to Fudge to defend her own. Her corgis made it into the first draft, but were cut for length.

If the prime minister gets to know, shouldn't the queen?

Thank you very much!

Pffft! Not after Churchill and Thatcher! Nope, not a chance! 

Thanks very much! Since reading about the Prime Minister encounter in HBP (and waffling as I went back and forth picturing John Major and Tony Blair), I've wondered what the Queen knew... this seemed like as good a time as any to scribble it down!

After Churchill and the Iron Lady, Fudge should be no problem for the Queen!

Thank you! (Her corgis were in the first draft, but they were left on the cutting room floor - now that was cute.)

I know! If she can handle everyone from Churchill to the Iron Lady, Fudge doesn't stand a chance!  Oh, Cornelius, always a politician, even when he's not a successful one.I didn't know that 'We are not amused' could also be Elizabeth's. Maybe it's become a royal thing to say. Thanks for letting me know,

, and thanks for reviewing.