Queen meme (opens in new tab)! Well, technically, the Queen Elizabeth meme (opens in new tab) was already in vogue, but it's rare for the royal family to provide us with a meme template basically on a silver platter. But that's exactly what happened: the official Royal Family Instagram (opens in new tab) posted a side-by-side image of the Queen and Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the phone. (ICYMI, Johnson tested positive for COVID-19, as did the Queen's son, Prince Charles. She's a badass, no big deal.)

After marveling at the old corded phone the two used (also, check out how many corgi references the Queen has on her desk), fans were absolutely delighted at the potential opportunity. Thank you for this very revealing meme." I can already see the meme?"

Another laughed.

Twitter joined in on the fun, and fans thought this should be a caption competition, and thanked the Royal Family for providing this content that we so desperately need right now:

Fans were delighted that noted royal satirist Gary Janetty, would immediately jump at the chance to write something subversively scathing. And sure enough, news broke that Prince Charles had been diagnosed with COVID-19:

poignant and brilliant! We need more royal memes.

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