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English In Use - 'Her Royal Hiveness'

A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it's all perfectly clear to the native speaker.

A simple alteration of a word provides the headline on a Daily Mail story that the Queen is so concerned about the decline in the UK's bee population that she is offering grants to encourage people to become beekeepers on her land. The headline 'Her Royal Hiveness' changes 'Highness' to ''Hiveness' - using 'hive', as in beehive.

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