At his meeting with Queen Elizabeth recently, John Howard turned to the Queen
and said:


"As I'm the Prime Minister, 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. Howard, but to be a Kingdom, you have*to have
a King in charge - and you're not a King."
John Howard thought a while and 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. Howard."
Howard thought long and hard and came up with *"How about an Empire then?"
The Queen, getting a little annoyed by now, *replied : "Sorry again, Mr.
Howard, but to be an Empire you must have an Emperor in charge and you are not
an Emperor."
Before Howard could utter *another word, The Queen said: "I think*you're doing
quite nicely as a Country."

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