Queen sings along to God Save the Queen

The British upper class was agog at the wedding of Harry to Meghan when the Queen surprised the 1.9bn audience by mouthing along to 'God Save the Queen', the first time she has done this in public. It is thought that her speech trainer, James Winslow-Wilkinson-Bathurst, had her practising it many times before the wedding, in the same way that other steps in the ceremony were minutely rehearsed. She is known to have recently become aware of the universality of the anthem and that it's not singling her out at all. Meghan (now known as Princess Henry of Wales - and that's another story) had 53 flowers of Commonwealth countries sewn into her veil, while the wedding ceremony itself was blessed by Bishop Michael of Chicago (not to be confused with Princess Michael of Kent - which is yet another story) in a rousing sermon, focused on the paramountcy of love, that left some of the British elite too stunned to speak. Insiders claim that the Queen has always felt a bit spare when everyone's singing God Save the Queen and she's not. As it was clear to all that the theme of the wedding was diversity, globalisation and inclusion, the Queen appears to have had this flash of insight that the anthem was really for queens worldwide (royal, not gay). Observed Anthea Schleswig, long-time Royal Family confidante: 'Europe alone has a whole host of queens. One thinks of Sylvia of Sweden, Margrethe of Denmark, Sonja of Norway and Maxima of Holland, all adding royal splendour to their nations.' Indeed, it is thought that One was thinking of them and others too like Letizia of Spain. And One is thought also not to have forgotten the many kings that still dot the planet across Europe, Asia and Africa. 'They all need to be saved,' avers Schleswig. Some perceptive commentators have added that not only ought these royals to be saved from external threats but also, for some at least, from themselves. The British Queen is known to be particularly self-effacing and, as she's aged, increasingly aware of her own human frailties. An element of self-doubt may have crept in, encouraging her to sing out for a spot of divine guidance. So far, King Mswati III of Swaziland, in power since 1986, has not indicated whether the Queen's enlightened change of course has caused him to re-think his policy of repression and greed in his small landlocked country.