Did I dream this news story about a royal queen being handcuffed?

The more I think about this, the more it seems that I must have dreamed it as I can’t find anything on Google News.

I vividly recall reading something in past 2 weeks in either the New York Times or Washington Post about a queen being handcuffed, possibly for trespassing on property.

My mind is telling me this was Queen Elizabeth, but I suspect it would have made a greater splash if this was the case. I can clearly see the position of the article in my mind’s eye–it was inside the front page section of the paper, right-hand page and a fairly short piece.

Can anyone tell me what news story I’m thinking of?

George Clooney was handcuffed recently, for trespass, but I suppose he’s only Hollywood royalty, and may or may not be a queen?

You may have seen a spoof of this story.

C’mon. There can’t even be a tiny part of you that thinks that’s even vaguely possible.

Nitpick: “Royal queen” is redundant. All queens are, by definition, royal.

What about drag queens?

Or members of the band Queen.

Perchance you ‘brained flipped’ this story ?

It was probably just a dream, made up of tidbits from a bunch of news stories you have read.

You might be vaguely remembering this Jay Leno skit about the phone hacking scandal:

Do you wake up to the news on the radio? Because I can easily see how a sleepy half-woken brain might hear “Clooney” as “Queen” and then fill in the rest of the details. Goodness knows that story was over-reported.

They use the word “queen” to allude to royalty or metaphorically.