One of the greatest royal fantasies of the British was that the Queen would spontaneously stop by for tea. Not so far-fetched, teatime is associated with particularly fond memories of the monarch.
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Marten Rolff
Millions of Britons have dreamed of the Queen surprisingly showing up to their tea. At least that is what a study that has been happily cited in Great Britain for decades says, according to which the royal tea visit was once the most common dream content of the British. A phenomenon that Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys inspired his song “Dreaming of the Queen” in 1993. A pipe dream and stress dream at the same time, which became the subject of a saying in many households on the island: “Let’s cover with tablecloths and good crockery, maybe the queen will come to tea.” The popular joke had a serious message: Let’s not let ourselves go now. That would you after all, never do.