P.H.S. correspondent B.D. Landon gives voice to lonely royal.

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  my part to keep the economy alive," she lamants. 

Interview with HRM Princess Sheeba

PHS: Good day, Princess, and welcome to our blog. As the last reigning noble of Sheeba should you be addressed as Queen Sheeba or Princess Sheeba?

PS:  Just call me Your Majesty.

PHS:  OK. Your Majesty, tell us what it’s like to be a real princess.

PS:  Lonely.

PHS:  Lonely?

PS:  Yes, it’s lonely at the top.

PHS:  Really. I would have though your life was full of glitz and glitter.

PS:  Well yes. But lonely. I have no friends. People invite me to parties just to brag I am on the guest list. Then I stand around ignored because they think they have nothing to say to someone as important as me. No one ever asks me to dance.

Or they act real friendly to me just to see what they can get out of a friendship with royalty. At a very early age I learned people want favors. You become a cynic by age seven when you are noble.

PHS:  I had no idea.

PHS:  What about your love life? There are rumors that you have a prospective suitor.

PS:  Well yes. I had two wonderful dates, a year apart each but I DID have two dates. Then he dumped me.

PHS:  For another woman?

PS:  Sort of. He dumped me for his wife.

PHS:  NO!!

PS:  Exactly. See what I mean. No one wants a princess.

PHS:  Oh Your Majesty, that was just one person. The public loves you. Why you get mentioned every week in the news!

PS:  Criticized you mean.  They are always complaining about my clothes. Claim I dress like the Queen of Sheeba.  Well I AM the Queen of Sheeba.  How else could I dress? And this past week they claimed I am extravagant when anyone could see that I economize.  I buy economy class plane tickets and sit next to common people who eat the entire bagel instead of only the crispy outer edges. And that statement about me not supporting the local economy? Totally untrue. I do my share. I buy all my shoes at local stores every month. Sometimes more than once a month. I have not bought one pair this year outside the US.

And I also support world economy. Why, my bill for French cosmetics alone will support the European economy for six months.

PHS:  I have to compliment you for those efforts. Now what about handling money? Do you just use charge cards and send the bills to your accountants?

PS:  Heaven’s no. I balance all my checkbooks myself. All five of them. And I download all my charge card statements into Quicken and track my purchases that way. It is totally untrue that I am helpless with figures. Besides Quicken makes adjustments if I do make a mistake.

PHS:  You use Quicken. My goodness, your majesty, you are quite the technological noble.

PS:  Duh, Yes. I HAVE an iPhone after all. I mean how do people communicate without one? AND I read books on my Nook, Kindle, and iPad. I support the publishing industry royally. Even blogs.

PHS:  Thank you, Your Majesty. I hope we can interview you again.