[With emphasis.] No!
The Queen.
Even suppose that the King and I were to survive it, it would be most awkward to introduce to society a débutante Princess of a hundred and sixteen years of age!
The Chancellor.
[Shaking his head mournfully.] The only suitable alliance would be found in a Home for Aged Princes! It is true that some of the abdicated ones are in an excellent state of preservation, but it isn’t the same thing!
All.
Not at all the same thing!
The King.
To prevent these little contre-tempses, as the French call them, I forthwith issued a proclamation—