Why Elizabeth rex?
Becca Saladin Segovia, Royalty Now
What if we treated politics like fantasy football? What if we could build an invincible dream-team to run our country?
Let’s face it, our presidential campaigns are long, expensive, and extremely contentious. Furthermore, some of our candidates are clueless about how ordinary Americans live. Fantasy politics, the driving force behind QUEEN BESS, gives readers a way to experience hope around an imposing political process that has far-reaching implications for our future.
In this game of fantasy politics, our candidate would need to be bigger than life, without a high-profile history that would make her a target for negative media exposure. She would be mature but not old. Attractive but not distractingly beautiful. She would keep her composure no matter what indignities or threats are levelled against her. And above all, she would appeal to a broad electorate — from soccer moms and hipsters to drag queens, Swifties, and coalminers.
Warm and charming to her constituents, but intimidating to her enemies, the real Elizabeth Tudor was equally comfortable addressing Parliament, negotiating peace with France, or hunting deer from horseback. Her modern persona, Elizabeth Rex, brings the rich set of attributes of the historic figure Elizabeth Tudor to contemporary American politics.
Who is Elizabeth Rex?
You can’t run around the streets of Boston wearing a 16th-century gown and tiara if you want to be taken seriously. And you certainly can’t tell people that you’re actually Elizabeth Tudor, queen of England from 1558-1603. No one would believe that you’ve traveled to the future because America needs you to become president. They would think you’re delusional. Some people have to choose their words with care. It’s not like you’re an old white guy who can utter any absurdity that enters his mind and still win the presidency … Geesh.
“Elizabeth Rex” is the name Elizabeth Tudor takes as she adjusts to living in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2027. But before Elizabeth can run for president, she needs to learn a few things. Like how to flush a toilet. Or cross the street without getting hit by a bus.
Yes, Elizabeth can speak seven languages, ride a horse like an expert, and terrify courtiers with the lift of her eyebrows. But can she figure out how to work a TV remote or have an argument with one of her new handlers without threatening to send them to the Tower?
Living as a 16th-century woman in a 21st-century world holds its challenges for Elizabeth Rex. But guided by a core group of cohorts who will introduce her to all the pleasures of the modern age — like dental veneers, Dunkin munchkins, and running shoes — Elizabeth Rex is resilient enough to weather her new knowledge of the horrors that have occurred over the past few centuries.
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