CindyLou: you can make your cup of tea and a scone before they’re finished

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Nope, absolutely not doing this

FWIW, the usual US style for foreign leaders is to drop all titles other than the principal on the first use, last name on the second; so "PM Starmer met King Charles today to form the government, although Starmer and Charles' conversation will not made public"

I vaguely recall this from the AP style guide back when I wrote about ASEAN meetings and stuff

It gets very unwieldy with some foreign leaders otherwise, because some, uuuuh, have a lot of titles

"Today Prime Minister, Sir Kier Starmer, met with King Charles the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to form a government. The meeting between ..."

eats into your word limit a bit

they don’t say Most High anymore?

apparently they did at the state funeral. But yeah, monarchic full address titles are not short

you can make your cup of tea and a scone before they’re finished

And learn how the British pronounce scone.

That depends on whether you're a northerner or southerner.

Skoone

skown

Skahn

Skein

that’s yarn

And learn that we don't put gravy on our biscuits

"Muffin."

Oh, just finished harvesting the tea leaves, sugar cane, and wheat that I planted when they started saying the whole title. Let’s see where they are…. “… of The Neat Rock, Keeper of the Sacred Seal of Wyzcymk (not stolen), World Champion in …” Oh, I have time for a nap before milling the flour.

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