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Officially wouldn’t this be the normal usage of we? In royal we it would mean “I” right?
Yeah she actually means the Pluralism Benevolentiae. E.g. when a nurse is saying "We go to the toilet now, aren't we?" but it actually means "You must go to the toilet but I will be there with you".
There is also the Pluralis inclusivus like in scientific texts. Which I personally find really weird.
My team and I have come to the conclusion that we don’t like you for finding the pluralis inclusivus weird.
Does that term come from linguistics? I'd like to learn more about it
Yeah, or more specifically "God and I," since monarchs were ostensibly the mouthpiece of God.