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[sebastienne]

On meeting Queen Elizabeth, George W Bush turned to her and said:

"As I'm the President, I'm thinking of changing how my great country is referred to, and I'm thinking that it should be a Kingdom."

The Queen replied, "I'm sorry, Mr Bush, but to be a Kingdom, you have to have a King in charge - and you're not a King."

George Bush thought a while, then said:

"How about a Principality, then?"

To which the Queen replied:

"Again, to be a Principality you have to be a Prince - and you're not a Prince, Mr Bush."

George thought long and hard before coming up with:

"How about an Empire, then?"

The Queen, getting a little annoyed now, replied:

"Sorry, Mr Bush, but to be an Empire you must have an Emperor in charge - and you are not an Emperor.

Before George W could utter another word, the Queen said:

"Besides, I think you're doing quite nicely as a country."