Queen's Fan Pillows

God Save the Queen - Standing Room Only

"We're following Carrot Top."

William Shakespeare sitting at a desk

William Shakespeare a.k.a. Francis Bacon, Earl of Essex....

King George I

"The peasants are revolting Sire."

'Fancy you doing a curtsey and she being a non-serving royal, you big dope!'

TV jester.

Photos of Queen Elizabeth II

Emily Dickinson: Mime - "I think she's saying something about death."

The Da Vinci Cod

The University Cricket Match - a sketch at Lord's.

You're my Venus

'The King of what?'

"A wise choice sir! Aah. . . Da Vinci - a genius of the Renaissance and a man who changed the face of art forever! Would you like that as a bookmark, a pencil sharpener or a fridge magnet. . . ?"

'Look, Carl, the glory days are over. You might want to slip into something a little more comfortable.'

Cargo Bay at Thames Warehouse

'Yes, he definitely wants something. . . maybe his crown and scepter.'

King and Jester

"You're unlikely to find anyplace on the market that is truly impregnable."

"And you wanted to throw me back."

Reign Man

"One blackbird pizza?"

'Why round? Why not square? Or rectangle? Or a triangle? Or . . . '

An August Bank-Holiday in the East End.

The Derby- Horse Auction at Tattersall's

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

"...and if any of you are opposed to my being king of the snake pit, raise your hands now!"

Beefeater

'...Love, honour, obey, and wipe that silly grin off your face?'

Rembrandt's Selfies

'And there he was shouting: 'A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!'... I thought to myself: Why not...'