Buckingham Palace, London
“…o n the back!” Margaret told the Queen. “It’s an absurd joke. The messenger is telling us to find the third message on the back of the note.”
Furious, the Queen snatched the note back and read:
Switch your TV channels until you find news about what’s happening at the Radcliffe Asylum. Enjoy.
“Nothing’s happening in the asylum,” Margaret said, switching channels. But then one channel showed it.
The Queen glued herself to the screen, not quite comprehending what was going on. The news line at the bottom explained very little.
Margaret said, “It says the British police and Interpol are about to catch the most threatening terrorist organization in the world.”
“What kind of bonkers is that?” The Queen said. “How did I not know about this? What am I, the Queen of Bed and Breakfast?”
“That’s not the point,” Margaret said, raising the volume. “Why would our police think the terrorists are in the Radcliffe Asylum? I’m not quite sure what’s going on.”
The Queen said, “The real question is: who is your messenger, and how did he know about this?”