Mythical Monarch Pillows

'What is all the racket up here?!'

A king watches a hand with spoon rising from a bowl of soup

"Surprise!"

"'Conquer Spain'? 'Balance the budget'? 'Reform the justice system'? -- You call this a honey-do list?"

Sisyphus during Covid

'Your Grandpa achieved greatness, he thrust greatness upon me, and then you were born great!'

Phoenix

"Is this the same gold bar I gave you last year?"

'No, you can't play poker tonight! The last time you played, you lost Schewig-Holstein!'

"Don't worry, princess, I'm sure one day your Mr. Divine Right will come along."

"I have to admit. You talked a good game."

''Depression'? -- You or the country or both?'

"Of all the labour saving devices invented in the last 70 years, this is one's favourite."

"Yes, but you were the defender of the wrong faith."

'Whomever pulls the sword from the stone will lead this project.'

(Mother Goose: playboy's Mirthful Master of the Macabre serves Up Some Strange Twists On a Clutch of Children's Classics.) "Is this supposed to be somebody's idea of a joke?"

King completes rubik's cube.

"It's either this or a country run by lawyers."

'Could you scoot your chair over this way a little dear?'

'You can scratch your back when the war is over!'

'Between you and me Wizard, is it true that you intellectuals have pointed heads?'

'He just outlawed his in-laws.'

Lion to safari man: 'I'm the king of the jungle and these are my official spokesmen.'

'This is great! -- I should have thought of tax simplification years ago!'

"Enemies, yes, but doesn't your moat also keep out love?"

"The peasants have lost all respect for the moat."

'I know it seems like a war, but it's actually an all-out struggle for peace!'

'I wish you wouldn't bring work home with you!'

"The kids - Prince Englebert and Princess Felicia - would like us to move into the olde monarchs' home."

"Friend or foe?"

"We're mythical. Have fun with it."

'Let it go, will you? -- That whoopie cushion incident was years ago!'

"Why, this is fit for me!"

'Well, you DID know this job was dangerous when you took it.'

"King and clown—why can't I be both?"