# Did I dream this news story about a royal queen being handcuffed?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 27, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962 "2012-03-27T17:17:06Z")
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### Author:  [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962/1 "2012-03-27T17:17:06Z")
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?
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### Author:  [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962/2 "2012-03-27T17:20:43Z")
George Clooney was handcuffed recently, for trespass, but I suppose he’s only Hollywood royalty, and may or may not be a queen?
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962/3 "2012-03-27T17:27:22Z")
You may have seen a spoof of [this story.](http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/03/25/queen-wedding-crasher.html)
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### Author:  [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962/4 "2012-03-27T17:53:37Z")
> [@booklover](#):
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> 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.
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> My mind is telling me this was Queen Elizabeth
C’mon. There can’t even be a tiny part of you that thinks that’s even vaguely possible.
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### Author:  [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962/5 "2012-03-27T18:02:41Z")
Nitpick: “Royal queen” is redundant. All queens are, by definition, royal.
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### Author:  [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962/6 "2012-03-27T18:29:06Z")
What about drag queens?
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962/7 "2012-03-27T18:31:53Z")
Or members of the band Queen.
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### Author:  [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962/8 "2012-03-27T18:44:59Z")
Perchance you ‘brained flipped’ this story ?
> **[Man admits trespassing within grounds of Windsor Castle](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-17489672)**
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> A man offers an apology to the Queen after admitting trespassing in the grounds of Windsor Castle while drunk.
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### Author:  [@Modevo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modevo)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962/9 "2012-03-27T18:57:20Z")
It was probably just a dream, made up of tidbits from a bunch of news stories you have read.
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### Author:  [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962/10 "2012-03-27T19:03:48Z")
You might be vaguely remembering this Jay Leno skit about the phone hacking scandal:
> **[The Queen frogmarched out of Buckingham Palace by police in new phone-hacking...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2017290/Phone-hacking-Queen-frogmarched-police-Palace-Jay-Leno.html)**
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> The Tonight Show frontman last night targeted his jokes at the British monarch in a hilarious skit making fun of the current phone-hacking scandal.
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### Author:  [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962/11 "2012-03-27T19:09:51Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-dream-this-news-story-about-a-royal-queen-being-handcuffed/616962/12 "2012-03-27T19:23:01Z")
> [@friedo](#):
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> What about drag queens?
> [@kayaker](#):
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> Or members of the band Queen.
They use the word “queen” to allude to royalty or metaphorically.