The Queen! The Queen Is Coming!

It's been 16 years since the Matriarch of the Palace Buckingham has set foot upon the shores of America, but coming now she is this May to Virginia.

She'll spend a couple days in our Commonwealth and then with her husband - Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh - she'll travel on down to see some pretty horses run in circles at the Kentucky Derby, also romantically known as "The Run for the Roses." That name sounds made for a movie title. Her visit will wrap up with this fancy state dinner at the White House with our humble leader and his lady. I hope Laura Bush can cook.

But causing much sadness in a very few number of Virginians is that she doesn't have the interest of staying long enough for the anniversary party celebrating 400 years since settlers stepped off the James River in 1607. But really, who wants to bring attention to the fact they first settled in swampville? How many died before they realized it would be best to resettle further inland away from mosquitoes and disease?

I'm thinking she knows better than to stick around too long. But for me though, I would've liked asking her if she has seen the "The Queen" yet.