"You have dialled the number of Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second..."

"If you are a not one’s grandson, nephew or niece and you are ringing to make a prank call, please hang up now and dial 101 and leave your details with the nice lady or gentleman.

Additionally, for notifications concerning any apparent injury or illness of one’s corgis or horses, please hang up now and dial one’s direct priority mobile phone immediately.

For notifications concerning injury or illness to one’s family members, please press 1, and leave a message after the tone.

If you are a Head of State, please press 2. Please note, while the sun may never set on one’s Empire, one nonetheless usually retires shortly after the sun sets in England and one’s graces are seldom willingly bestowed on those who wake one at 3am.

For enquiries concerning official openings or launches of major infrastructure or similar, please press 3. For official openings of envelopes, please contact Sarah, Duchess of York whose details can be found in most places…"

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“If you are attempting to renew your license to kill, please type a pound sign followed by your double-O designation.”

“For English, press 1. For Cockney, press 2.”

“Kindly note, all calls may be monitored for phone hacking purposes”

And if one is Tony Blair or Charles Spencer or Mr Al Fayed or Baroness Thatcher? To employ the vernacular, “piss off”.

“Your call is very important to us. Please stay on the line and Her Majesty will receive your call when it is your turn in the queue.”

“Rule Britannia” plays while on hold.

Is the Baroness in any condition to be calling the palace these days?

If you are calling from an Australian radio station, please do piss off.

If you are the leader of a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and wish to rejoin the British Empire please press 3.

“We are currently experiencing a high volume of calls and are unable to connect you to an operator at this time - please hang up and try again later.”

:smiley:

If you wish to talk about the family jewels, please press 6 for Prince Harry.

“If you wish to book a royal visit, please press 7 and enter your governmental access code. If you do not have a governmental access code, please enter your telephone number. One of our Royal Household Agents will contact you.”

If one is calling to inquire if we have Prince Albert in a can, one is advised we have heard it before.

“Oy, 'arry’s not ‘ere, luv. Stop ringin’ the pellis, govnah.”

“At the tone, one will know that the time at Buckingham Palace is… 8:43.”

“One is frostily advised that this is not a royal phone sex line.”

“If one is seeking employment as part of the Household staff, one should first check gimmearoyaljob.gov.uk and carefully review the newly-revised, ironclad 73-page nondisclosure agreement there.”

“If one is calling from another constitutional monarchy, press 1. If one is calling from a multiparty republic, press 2. If one is calling from a tyrannical, autocratic, police or one-party state, one should be prepared to hold indefinitely.”

“If one is a young foreign woman seeking to have a brief, tawdry but strangely fulfilling relationship with Prince Harry, one should dial Kensington Palace directly. One should be advised that they are presently experiencing heavy call volume.”

“If one is Lyndon LaRouche or an adherent thereof, one should press 1 for heroin purchases, 2 for cocaine, 3 for marijuana, 4 for meth, and 5 for all other illicit substances, then specify the amount desired, in tons, by using one’s keypad.”

A related thread that may be of interest: How does the Queen answer the phone? - Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports - Straight Dope Message Board

What’s 101? The police?

Non emergency police number

Well if she does, she’s forgotten all about it 5 minutes later. :smiley:

… and we are not amused.

“If you are calling to advise Her Majesty that you approve of her job performance, press 5.
If you are calling to adviser Her Majesty that you disapprove of her job performance, also press 5”

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“Her Majesty has asked me to inform you that you really need to work on your understanding of the fundamental nature of a monarchy. Good day.”