the queen

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Press

Surreal DVD Subtitles Turn The Queen into Flight of the Conchords

11:57PM Addy Dugdale | A screening of The Queen for the hard of hearing turned into a farce after the movie was captioned with some of the most surreal subtitles ever seen. Viewers at the event, organised by Ryde Council in Australia, heard Prince Philip, the monarch’s husband, claim that “people removed their heads” as he drove past and, my personal favourite, that “every newspaper proprietor has blown in his hands today.” Now, while you may think that the British press is run by necrophilia-obsessed onanists, the script said something else: More »
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Friday, June 15, 2007
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The Queen Loves the Web

8:00AM Seamus Byrne | It’s confirmed: the Queen loves the Web. And we have definitive proof. Two, actually. First, Her Majesty has just awarded the Order of Merit to Sir Tim Berners-Lee. That’s the most exclusive club in Britain, chaps. It’s limited to 24 living members and getting that funny cross is a personal decision by The Lady herself, not advised by any institution. I don’t know what they do when they all meet, probably have tea, plumcake and watch videos of English BDSM, but when you learn that Winston Churchill and Bertrand Russell were members, you get the idea of how important this is for good ole Liz. Second and definitive proof: we got an exclusive GizmodoShotâ„¢ of the Queen using a MacBook reading her favorite blog, right after the jump. More »
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