First published MAY 7, 2023 Updated 3 hours ago ReadingRoom Bard Billot on Britannia The King's Speech Young Chipwood, Governor of the Colonies, Had sailed for many weeks from the Antipodes To attend the Crowning of the King. He moored the Ship of State HMNZS Call Me Loyal And strolled whistling through the fields Of Merrie England. But when he arrived at the Castle, A gloomy shadow lay upon the deserted tower And the doors swung wide, eerie in the mist. Chipwood turned to a nearby gent of foreign airs.

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