[ WP ] You just discovered England 's biggest secret : every time they say long live the queen it extends the queens life .

`` Long live the Queen!''. It used to be so easy. Poor peasant children would chant it on Empire day. Ruddy faced coal miners would cheer it on her birthday. Dickensian women would laugh gaily and proclaim it at Christmas. But no more. 
 
 The monarchy has waned, and people have moved on. `` Long live the Queen'' sounds old fashioned now. It lasted through the Victoria age, the Edwardians, the World Wars, even a revival when Charles and Diana married- but no more. In this irreverent post Sex-Pistol land of text-speak, people say it no more. 
 
 And so the Queen began dying. 
 
 But there are glimmers of hope: the Americans. Britain's most wayward child is starting to find its way home. It began with Downton Abbey. For every time a TV screen broadcasts `` Long Live the Queen'', we've found she gets stronger. As the Christmas Specials went out, she was blooming. All good things must come to an end though, so as Downton finished it's already implausibly long run, we perfected our new weapon: The Crown. 
 
 Long Live the Queen. And Netflix.
