Troublesome types went on to claim that a startled Gideon had been subsequently instructed, in the finest Queen's English, to "fuck off" by his junior colleague.
Last year, the group swept first, second and third places in the competition for the finest queen costume, generally the most elaborate designs on the parkway.
"It's fine for the Queen Mother to be Queen Mother, but you don't really feel that Benedict can be the 'Pope Father,' " said Diarmaid MacCulloch, a professor of the history of the church at Oxford University.
It was after anti-climactic second albums that The Smiths, The Clash and Magazine came up with their finest hours: The Queen Is Dead, London Calling and The Correct Use Of Soap.
She feels that while it's fine for drag queens to use the word for self-identification, at the end of the day they can take off their makeup and return home as men.
Bows are fine for hunters, queens, or anything else.
It was certainly a fine show, with the Queen's beauty and composure much remarked upon.
"The Queen is fine, there's no problem there," said Eric, as if checking the heating and telling you that your boiler is fine but all your radiators are broken.
