The reason she knows about the Queen fixing cars is because it was a 'princesses can do practical things'; the reason she knows we think the Queen is probably a nice person is because friends of mine who are more monarchy-friendly get confused between dislike for the institution and dislike of the person, so I have to say 'no, I'm sure this Queen is a lovely person, but I still don't approve of the job' often.
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The reason she knows about the Queen fixing cars is because it was a 'princesses can do practical things'; the reason she knows we think the Queen is probably a nice person is because friends of mine who are more monarchy-friendly get confused between dislike for the institution and dislike of the person, so I have to say 'no, I'm sure this Queen is a lovely person, but I still don't approve of the job' often.