Monday, October 22, 2018

Her Highness!

A couple of weeks ago, this site joined several others in noting the very interesting way that Saga Vanacek spent her summer vacation -- finding a millenia-old sword in a lake in Sweden. Many people made the obvious joke that, since Arthur became king of Britian by virtue of receiving Excalibur from the Lady in the Lake, Saga was now eligible to be the Queen of Sweden.

Now Moya Sarner of The Guardian prints a conversation she had with young Saga, who demonstrates that, even at 8, she has significant presence of mind and if Sweden wants to bring some new folks into its royal line, it could do worse. Of course, that would first need to be run by Carl XVI Gustav and his heir apparent, Crown Princess Victoria.

In an interesting and horribly punnish note, we can see that Her Highness (Victoria, not Saga) is also titled the Duchess of Västergötland. Which would be a great fit for young Saga as well, because a good question to have asked her when she found the ancient blade might have been suitably translated into a bad Swedish accent as "Vats her got dere?"

Probably a good thing the Swedish monarch no longer has the right to summary execution. Or ever reads this blog.

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