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Old 08-12-2018, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by button-lip View Post
We heard Mick's side (and by the use of 'we', apparently everyone's side: "WE just weren't happy"

He is using “the royal we”
As in Queen Victoria famously stating, “we are not amused”
She is of course referring just to herself.

Lady Maggie Thatcher(spit), also used the royal we, as in
“We are a grandmother” on the birth of her first grandchild.
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