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11	->''"KNOW YOU that it is Our will and pleasure that the Victoria Cross be the highest decoration for according recognition to persons who, in the presence of the enemy, perform acts of the most conspicuous gallantry, or daring or pre-eminent acts of valour or self-sacrifice or display extreme devotion to duty:\
12	AND WE DO ordain that the award of the Victoria Cross shall be governed by the Regulations set out in the Schedule.\
13	IN WITNESS whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent."''
14	-->-- '''[[UsefulNotes/CharlesIII CHARLES THE THIRD]]''', by the Grace of God King of the United Kingdom and His Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth
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16	In Western systems, when royalty speak on behalf of their office, they tend to refer to themselves as if they were more than one person. In Latin, this is known as ''[[GratuitousLatin Pluralis Maiestatis]]'' — the Majestic Plural. In English, this is known as the Royal We.
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18	This was most famously attributed to Queen "We are not amused" Victoria, who believed herself to be the avatar for the British Empire. This happens in fiction as well. A good way to show when the monarch in question has had enough and demands obedience is to have them switch to this form of address. Another way is to use this comedically, have a monarch use this in informal contexts or have people confuse the majestic plural for the regular one ("Where are the rest of them?"). It can also be used to demonstrate an absurd degree of self-regard and pomposity if used by someone who ''isn't'' royal.
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20	The origin of this tradition is the idea that the monarch in question is speaking for the nation, although in times gone it was also used by religious officials speaking on behalf of the Church. Sometimes other characters will reinforce this by [[LordCountry referring to the monarch by the name of their country]]; in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', for example, Claudius and the dead king are both referred to as Denmark, and another king is only ever called Norway.
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22	Also, some languages use the plural to address other people formally. Even English does this, in a way -- originally, "you" was only used as a plural objective; the nominative was "ye" and the singular equivalents were (nominative) "thou" and (objective) "thee". (This system of pronouns can still be found in the King James version of Literature/TheBible). However, using "you" as a formal term for a single person, even as subject, became so commonplace that it replaced "ye" and "thou" entirely. Yes, you heard right: [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe "you" was once more formal than "thou", regardless of how it sounds to the modern ear.]]
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24	The "Editorial We" is similar, meaning "I, speaking for this newspaper." You'll sometimes see something a lot like this used on Website/TVTropes, meaning "I, speaking for Website/ThisVeryWiki."[[labelnote:*]]This is NOT, under ANY circumstances, to be used to refer to the editor's personal opinions, ONLY for statements regarding administrative policy and the like.[[/labelnote]] There's also the "Judicial We," which, particularly used in an opinion by a judge sitting alone, means "I, speaking for this court," and the "Lawyer's We," meaning, "I, speaking for my client(s)." A contrasting term is the "Patronizing We" or Nurse's We ("How are we feeling today?"), which means "you", and the "Rural Plural", which is part of [[OopNorth certain British dialects]] and refers to the practice of people referring to themselves in the plural form (likely) because it is more fluid in conjecture, including non-standard plurals and pronoun contractions.
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26	Of course, if the royal in question is a HiveQueen, [[VoiceOfTheLegion it all makes a lot more sense]]. Finally, note that no matter how many times she refers to herself as "We", the Queen of England [[SophisticatedAsHell does not like being addressed as "Y'all"]].
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28	A subtrope of ExpositoryPronoun. For other interesting (and a lot more complex and convoluted) shenanigans involving pronouns, see UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns. Compare IAmLegion, when the plural form is used because the speaker has (or thinks they have) multiple personalities themself, rather than speaking on behalf of separate individuals, and ThirdPersonPerson, which can also be used to signal someone with an inflated sense of self.
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31	!!Examples:
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34	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
35	* ''Alice In Sexland'' has the Queen of Hearts exclusively use it, whenever she appears. [[spoiler:She drops the Royal We and refers to herself in first person when she reveals her past.]]
36	* Princess Rurichiyo speaks like this in the Amagai filler arc of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', and Keigo once wonders why she's talking this way. Despite being lower in rank than Byakuya, she speaks as though she's higher in rank than him. This is lampshaded by Ichigo and Rukia when Ichigo complains about the way she speaks and Rukia observes not even her (extremely formal) brother speaks like that.
37	* Hotohori talks like this in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''. It's a JustifiedTrope, since he's TheEmperor of Konan. However, [[LonelyRichKid he]] starts doing it less and less [[CharacterDevelopment as he begins to interact with the other Seishi as friends.]]
38	* In the English translation of ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' Empress Aska constantly refers to herself this way.
39	* Luna talks like this all the time in ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'', and it's easy to see why. She's a famous and hugely popular IdolSinger and the daughter of one of the most economically (and physically) powerful (mer)men in all of Japan (and Japan's seas). The only time she ever refers to herself in the singular is when Nagasumi teaches her a lesson in humility.
40	* ''Literature/TheSacredBlacksmith'': Queen Zenobia.
41	* Shi Ryuuki's [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns "yo"]] is sometimes translated this way in ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku''.
42	* The Anti-Spiral in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' never refers to himself in the singular, because he's speaking on behalf of his species. In fact, it's thought that he ''is'' his entire species in a merged consciousness, if so, it makes even more sense.
43	* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': Jack Atlas, being the (former) king of the riding duel, speaks this way in the original Japanese version.
44	* The English translation of ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' has Ashura-ou speak with the Royal We, and the translator even explained what the Royal We was in the translation notes.
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47	[[folder:Comic Books]]
48	* [[EldritchAbomination The Lord of the Locusts]] refers to itself this way in ComicBook/{{Bone}}.
49	* [[ArchangelLucifer Lucifer]] refers to himself as "we" in the first volume of ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' and in his initial appearance in ''A Season of Mists''. [[spoiler:He stops once he abdicates from the throne of Hell, and stays that way for the rest of the comic as well as in [[Comicbook/{{Lucifer}} his spin-off]].]]
50	* In the ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' mythos, ComicBook/{{Venom}} usually refers to himself as "we", since Venom is the result of a symbiote (a sentient alien costume) bonding with a human host. When a host of a symbiote ''stops'' using this, it's a sign that the symbiote has completely taken over. Or in ComicBook/{{Carnage}}'s case, that the ''host'' has completely taken over (or, in some interpretations, that the symbiote and host are so compatible that the host and symbiote personalities completely merge).
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53	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
54	* In TheSeventies, the Israeli comic strip ''Dry Bones'' depicted United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as doing this, to the point of asking "Who, ''us?''" instead of "Who, me?"
55	* Referred to in a ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' comic where after Thanksgiving Roger is going through the fridge commenting "Boy we really polished off that turkey, eh? And that stuffing, we really did a number on that! Oh no, did we eat all the pumpkin pie?", etc, to which Andy replies "You're using the royal we, I assume"
56	* ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' has a cartoon that showed a king answering the phone with "Yes this is we." We're sure they've done other Royal We jokes as well.
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59	[[folder:Fan Works]]
60	* Some fanworks of ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' depict King Ghidorah addressing himself as "we", "us", etc., [[MultipleHeadCase for obvious reasons]].
61	** A similar case for fanworks including the GMK Godzilla, due to him being a revenant corpse possessed by the collective spirits of all those who died in Imperial Japanese warcrimes.
62	* Downplayed in ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus''; when Specter and Easter accidentally fuse, they use a "we" to address themselves, more in the sense of them becoming one person instead of anything indicating royalty. Humorously, the Red Lotus Uprising has two members of royalty (King Atticus and Prince Lexi) and neither of them use this trope.
63	* The Goblin King of ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'' uses this to a fault, even though he doesn't speak in a particularly solemn way otherwise.
64	* Ozma in ''Fanfic/{{Patient}}'' is an asylum patient who believes she's a princess. She uses the Royal "We". [[spoiler:This is because she ''is'' actually a princess (or, really [[PrincessesRule a queen]] who's called a "princess")]].
65	* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': The Star King speaks exclusively using this...until Haara pisses him off enough, where he slowly [[ItsPersonal shifts back to singular pronouns]] while boasting of his power over her.
66	* ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': At the end of ''Wedding March'', there's confusion about how many people "we" a Lady is talking about. Long day:
67	--> two [figures] smartly approached Wind Vane, revealing themselves to be zebras. She eyed the one on her left first, a tall, sleek-looking mare. [...] “Greetings,” the zebra mare said, bowing her head. “We are Lady Azure.”\
68	Wind Vane had had a very long day. She blinked owlishly at the zebra. “Both of you?” she said.
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71	[[folder:Films — Animation]]
72	* Vanellope of ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' uses this term jokingly in her first meeting with Ralph. [[spoiler:Serves as foreshadowing for TheReveal that she's a princess]].
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75	[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
76	* Referenced in ''Film/TheBigLebowski'', when The Dude talked to the title character. Although, this is more because of a slip of the tongue (he was to deliver ransom money [[ComeAlone alone]]) and him trying and barely able to backpedal over his mistake.
77	-->'''The Dude:''' We dropped off the damn money--\
78	'''Mr. Lebowski:''' ''We?!''\
79	(''beat'')\
80	'''The Dude:''' ''I!'' The Royal We! You know, the editorial...
81	* Used in ''Film/{{Casanova}}'' by the non-royal (but equally well-known) Casanova when he's with his manservant Lupo. Amusingly, Lupo uses it, as well.
82	--> '''Lupo:''' Where have you been? We were worried about us.
83	* Played straight and averted in the Soviet comedy ''Film/IvanVasilievichChangesProfession'', where Ivan the Terrible ends up in modern-day (when the movie came out) Moscow. While he mostly speaks normally, he does, occasionally, use the royal "We", such as in the scene where he's interrogated by the cops. When asked for his last name, he replies "We are Rurikids" (i.e. of the Rurik dynasty).
84	* Parodied in the Italian movie ''Film/MadlyInLove''. Adriano Celentano is Barnaba, bus driver who wants to marry a princess and visits her place, talking to her father:
85	-->'''Barnaba:''' I want to talk to Cristina. Where's she?\
86	'''Gustave VI:''' Young man, ''we'' are the ones that want to know.\
87	'''Barnaba:''' We, who?\
88	'''Gustave VI:''' Pluralis majestatis. We rulers talk always in plural. What do you want?\
89	'''Barnaba:''' ''He'' wants to meet Cristina.\
90	'''Gustave VI:''' He, who?\
91	'''Barnaba:''' Barnaba. We folks talk always singular.
92	* ''Film/NicholasAndAlexandra'': Nicholas II (see RealLife below) tends to use this on formal occasions, like when signing his abdication letter.
93	* Film/QueenChristina uses this when speaking in her official capacity but not in private conversation.
94	* ''Film/TheShoesOfTheFisherman'': The newly elected Russian Pope Kiril I uses the Royal We in public during the first few weeks after his election, but after his coronation as Pope he abandons it as he informs the people of the world that under him the church will sell off its excess to feed the starving people of the world.
95	* In the Cinderella film musical ''Film/TheSlipperAndTheRose'', as part of his song "Why Can't I Be Two People?", the Prince argues that since it is natural for royals to use the plural, he should have the right to be more than one person.
96	* In ''Film/TheSmilingLieutenant'', the Emperor of Austria (a great power) uses this, but the king of tiny little Flausenthurm does not.
97	* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with the Borg Queen in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''. While all the rest of the Borg refer to themselves as "we," the queen does not.
98	* M. Bison in the ''Film/StreetFighter'' movie. "We have decided to grant her a private audience."
99	* In ''Film/TheTenCommandments1956'', Seti I uses both forms in one line, when addressing the King of Ethiopia and his sister: "Our son has dealt wisely with you, Ethiopia."
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102	[[folder:Literature]]
103	!!!'''By Author:'''
104	* In the Creator/SvenHassel books, Gregor Martin always describes his unnamed GeneralRipper whom he served as a batman via the Royal We (''e.g.'' "my general and our monocle") right up to the moment the general commits suicide "And then we shot ourselves!" after which he's described normally.
105	!!!'''By Work:'''
106	* ''Literature/BannonAndClare'': When [[UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria Queen Victrix]] does this, it's a sign that she's speaking for both herself and Britannia, the ruling spirit residing inside her body.
107	* ''Literature/BastardOperatorFromHell'' sometimes uses "[[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/14/bofh_2006_episode_23/ the Bastard 'we']]".
108	-->'''BOFH''': It's like the Royal 'we' but far more dangerous.
109	* Given that several of the main characters are or become royalty, this shows up occasionally in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''. It's fairly low-key and easy to miss when it does, though, and someone unfamiliar with the trope ([[ParentalBonus as many children might be expected to be]]) could easily take it as nothing more than a leader speaking for his immediate associates, and the story loses nothing with this interpretation.
110	** "We are the Empress Jadis," though, spells it out pretty clearly.
111	** In ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', the White Witch says to Edmund "Not know the Queen of Narnia? You shall know us better hereafter."
112	** In his challenge to Miraz, King Peter uses both the royal 'we' and the possessive 'our' ("our trusty brother").
113	* ''Literature/CradleSeries'': Naru Huan, Emperor of the Blackflame Empire, does this most of the time. He relaxes in private. He's in charge of a rather minor province under the control of the Monarch Akura Malice. Malice herself never bothers with such trappings. Why would she? She's so incredibly powerful she has no reason to care about social niceties.
114	* The titular [[MadScientist Dr. Franklin]] of ''Literature/DrFranklinsIsland'' starts out using "we", then stops himself and says he might as well dispense with false modesty, ''he'', with the help of Dr. Skinner, has made massive strides in LEGOGenetics here in his VolcanoLair.
115	* The Hive Queen in the ''Literature/EndersGame'' franchise always refers to herself as we. Considering she is the mind of her population, it's justified.
116	* In ''Literature/TheGoblinEmperor'', not only the emperor but all members of the imperial family and court refer to themselves as we and use our in place of my in formal conversations.
117	* In the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, King Ancar of Hardorn used the royal plural constantly. Averted with King Tremane (formerly a Duke of the [[TheEmpire Eastern Empire]]), after being OfferedTheCrown, who chose to do away with it as one way of distancing himself from his evil predecessor.
118	** When Solaris and Selenay meet in ''[[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Storm Rising]]'', Solaris bounces back and forth between "We" and "I". Karal identifies her reasoning as 1) "I" to indicate she's not claiming any special precedence and 2) "We" because as [[SheIsTheKing High Priest]] Solaris speaks for Vkandis as well as herself.
119	* Defied in the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' "Torch" subseries. Queen Berry refuses to use the Royal "We".
120	* In Niven and Pournelle's version of Dante's ''Inferno'', Henry VIII refers to himself as "England".
121	* King John uses it sporadically in the ''Literature/LordDarcy'' stories. Typically if he's giving a briefing, he doesn't use it; in one case, transitioning between its use and its non-use is noted as a change from briefing to a more normal sovereign-to-subject talk. In other words when King John calls himself 'I' instead of 'We' one is free to interrupt with questions and otherwise treat him - temporarily - like a regular person rather than one's dread sovereign. This can be a bit jarring, especially to American readers, when he speaks as the sovereign: in the note accompanying the gift of a pistol to Lord Darcy, he ends with "If We hear that it is hanging on the wall of your trophy room in a golden frame, or other such foolishness, We will personally come over there and take it away from you."
122	** This series also uses the name of a realm ruled by a noble to refer to the noble very consistently: for example, the Marquis of London [[note]]a takeoff on Nero Wolfe, complete with Lord Bontriomphe (a French analogue of Goodwin) as his wisecracking, womanizing assistant[[/note]] is referred to as though ''de London'' is his name.
123	* ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'': The leader of the Kel faction uses an archaic, formal first-person plural when speaking on behalf of the Kel Command HiveMind and an equally archaic first-person singular when speaking personally.
124	* In ''The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian'' by Creator/LloydAlexander, the princess Isabel speaks like this.
125	* A more literal use of the plural pronoun is seen in ''Literature/MatthewSwift''. The narrator switches between singular and plural pronouns frequently, sometimes in the middle of a sentence and even during dialogue. This is because he's [[spoiler:sharing his body with the blue electric angels. The choice of pronouns indicates which part of their collective personality is talking.]]
126	* In ''Literature/TheRollingStones1952'', an overeager young lawyer is rebuked for using this:
127	--> '''Judge''': Cut out that "we" stuff, Herbert. You're neither an editor nor a potentate.
128	* Used fairly often in ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'', unsurprisingly as a RulingCouple are main characters, and one or the other of them makes a speech in this mode once or twice a book on average, and other royalty show up as well and are sometimes seen making such speeches.
129	** In the earlier novels, Sharleyan will often use first person singular when discussing matters with her council, but break out the "We" to indicate she's made her decision.
130	* Used by the Dark Queen in ''Saga'' by Conor Kostick.
131	* In Creator/HBeamPiper's ''Space Viking'', use of the Royal "We" by a planetary king is early evidence of that character displaying a [[RoyallyScrewedUp hereditary ]] tendency to becoming TheCaligula:
132	-->There were other things to worry about. One was the altering attitude of his Majesty Angus I...Angus had made [an earlier audiovisual recorded message] seated at his desk, bare headed and [[EverybodySmokes smoking a cigarette]]...a year and a half later, he was speaking from his throne, wearing his crown and employing the first person plural for himself and finally the third person singular for Trask.
133	* In one ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' tie-in novel, Captain Kirk meets an ambassador from a Vulcan-like race who frequently uses the pronoun "we" and wonders if she's using it in the royal sense. As it turns out, [[MindHive it's pretty crowded inside her head]]. (To clarify, her people took the "katra transfer" thing that Spock does in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' and turned it up a notch. The ambassador in question currently has 413 personalities inside her, which is almost the crew complement of a ''Constitution''-class starship like the ''Enterprise''.)
134	* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
135	** Tenel Ka uses this on very rare occasion — it works specifically because she is generally informal (especially with the Jedi).
136	** [[Literature/XWingSeries Runt]] calls himself "we", and in ''Wraith Squadron'' he's specifically asked if it's a royal "we". It's [[SplitPersonality plural]].
137	* Used occasionally by Emperor Gregor Vorbarra in the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga''. He's generally unassuming ([[BewareTheNiceOnes unless you get him mad]] [[TranquilFury at which point he gets very quiet, and very dangerous]]) (Miles at one point says "He'd be shy if he could, but he's not allowed.") and usually refers to himself in the first person singular. But when he finds it necessary to subtly emphasize that he is the Emperor, the Royal We comes out. At one point he gets in trouble while traveling incognito and tells a potential rescuer that "If you were to help Us, We could see to it that you were handsomely rewarded." The narrative states that only the other Barrayarans in the room can hear the capitals.
138	* ''Literature/TheHandsOfTheEmperor'': The emperor of Astandalas freely switches between the royal "we" and the more personal "I", allowing people who know him to discern whether he speaks more as himself or more as his royal persona.
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141	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
142	* The King of All Living Things from ''Series/TheAdventuresOfDudleyTheDragon''. It takes a bit for the characters to figure out that that's just the way he talks, and they never really figure out why he does it. Dudley suggests it's because he's lonely. But if a commoner uses the royal "we", that's the king's BerserkButton.
143	* Spoofed in ''Series/{{Angel}}'' with a case of DemonicPossession.
144	-->'''Angel:''' He kept saying "we." This morning it was "we have to go." Now, "we're thirsty..."\
145	'''Cordelia:''' Okay, so he's pretentious.
146	* The wife of the late Centari Emperor in ''Series/BabylonFive'' speaks in plural, but because she is traditionally assumed to be speaking for her dead husband.
147	* Used for comedic effect in the ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' Christmas special. Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their Royal Chairbearer have turned up on Baldrick's doorstep.
148	-->'''Queen Victoria:''' We are Queen Victoria.\
149	'''Baldrick:''' What, all three of you?
150	* When Alexander VI becomes pope in ''Series/TheBorgias'', he lampshades the fact he'll now be using the royal "we". For the rest of the series he's consistent: acting as pope, he always uses "we". When privately conniving, it's "I". When he wants to have the last word with people he's privately conniving with, he switches back to "we".
151	* In one episode of ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll,'' Ferguson's birth certificate is lost, so Ferguson starts thinking he's adopted and really descended from royalty. He starts doing this.
152	-->'''Ferguson:''' Haven't you heard of the Royal "We"?\
153	'''Clarissa:''' Don't you mean the Royal ''Weenie?''\
154	'''Ferguson:''' We shall not forget your insolence.
155	* ''Series/Cursed2020'': King Uther refers to himself using the royal "we." In the novel which was developed alongside the series, it's narrated that Nimue considers doing this herself as well, but decides against it for fear of confusing herself.
156	* On ''Series/DoctorWho'', when the Doctor and Rose encounter UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria, they bet that they can make her say her famous (and [[BeamMeUpScotty apocryphal]]) line, "We are not amused." Then it's {{subverted\|trope}} when she [[spoiler:says, "''I'' am not amused!"]], and they wonder whether that still counts.
157	* In ''Series/HeyDad'', Nudge used it, when he became convinced that he was long-lost royalty.
158	-->'''Nudge:''' I'm doing the Royal We here.\
159	'''Martin:''' Well, don't do it on the carpet!
160	* ''Series/JudgeJohnDeed'': The circuit administrator Laurence James always refers to himself as "we", and is sometimes mocked by John for doing so.
161	--> '''Laurence James''': And if we refuse?
162	--> '''John''': Well, ''we'' have several options. ''We'' can knock you down, like any thief. ''We'' can call security, or ''we'' can have you locked in a cell for contempt. ''You'' take your pick.
163	* Silas from ''Series/{{Kings}}''; in this case it is intended in the religious sense, not the "avatar of the nation" sense, as Silas was chosen by God.
164	* ''Series/{{Lexx}}'': Upon settling into her role, Pope Genevieve I ''only'' refers to herself in the majestic plural.
165	* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Mr. Conklin occasionally, and pompously, uses "we" to address others. Really, he means "you". Miss Brooks is unamused when he uses it with her. (Mr. Conklin is the principal of Madison High School)
166	* A clever use in ''Series/RobinHood'': To make the point that the Robin Hood legend wasn't just about him, Robin had the gang reciting "We are Robin Hood!" When they go to the Holy Land and meet [[UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionHeart King Richard]], he asks them to represent him when they get back to England. "You are Richard. And ''we'' are Robin Hood."
167	* Used in the ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' finale "Queen for a Day." Some crooks uncoupled the Queen's private car from an American railtour and left her stranded in the countryside - leaving the locals baffled as to where the other people are whom this poor old lady keeps mentioning.
168	* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
169	** Some of the Tok'ra use this, as the symbiote shares the body of the host.
170	--->'''Any Tok'ra:''' We are ''not'' Goa'uld! ''[flashes eyes, which doesn't help matters]''
171	** Played straight with the Goa'uld Hathor, who uses it in the royal sense. An interesting OneLiner by O'Neill before killing Hathor.
172	--->'''Hathor:''' We will destroy you for this!\
173	'''Jack O'Neill:''' We would just like you to go away!
174	* The Austrian comedy TV show "Wir Sind Kaiser" ("We Are Emperor") parodies this trope. The setting is in the present day, but acts as though [[AlternateHistory Austria never stopped being a monarchy]], and the titular Austrian Kaiser always refers to himself in the German first person plural "Wir" ("We") instead of the German first person singular "Ich" ("I"). This goes on to [[HilarityEnsues hilarious extent]] when '''everyone''' is forced to refer to him in the German 2nd person plural, at all times, especially when addressing him directly (he will correct you if you get it wrong). This is something which isn't even '''possible''' in the modern English language.
175	* In ''Series/YesMinister'', Humphrey invokes this to rub in that the Minister has made a bad decision because he wanted to sound important. The Minister has been assigned an awful role, one which Humphrey would have advised him against taking, but he jumped at it because the holder would be described as a "supremo". When he decides that he doesn't want it anymore:
176	-->'''Minister:''' Clearly, the title Transport Supremo is one that is not worth having. We must endeavor to change the Prime Minister's mind.\
177	'''Sir Humphrey:''' Do you mean "we" plural or do Supremos now use the royal pronoun?
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181	* Music/{{Chumbawamba}}'s parody of Music/TheBeatles' "Her Majesty" consists of several criticisms toward the Queen, one of which is "Her majesty's a pretty nice girl but she's stuck with the Royal We."
182	* Music/{{Run the Jewels}} Let's Go (The Royal We) is about the execution of an enemy of the state, told from the perspective of the leader.
183	* The Music/SilversunPickups' song ''The Royal We'' could be said to be about threats of war from the perspective of the ruler of a nation.
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186	[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
187	* Interestingly, Literature/TheBible has {{God}} do this twice during the AdamAndEvePlot. First, He says "Let '''us''' make man," and later, after the Fall, "They have become like one of '''us,''' knowing good and bad." There are several interpretations of this. For Christians, it can be taken as evidence of the Trinity. To Jews, God was speaking to the angels (or, in the first example, the earth that He formed Adam from). Either way, some sort of cosmic hierarchy is being implied.
188	** Ancient Hebrew had a similar grammatical quirk where a noun's importance could be emphasized by giving it a plural ending, even if adjectives and verbs remained singular. The most common example is ''Elohim,'' a name of God which literally means "gods/powers." Likewise the Behemoth's name literally means "beasts."
189	* In Literature/TheQuran God refers to Himself as "We" all the time, despite Islam being stringently monotheistic.
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193	* "Literature/{{Krakumal}}": As a king, Ragnar speaks of himself in plural. For example, the first line of every stanza: "We struck with our swords!" really means that Ragnar did so.
194	[[/folder]]
195
196	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
197	* Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s Matt "The Blueprint" Morgan tends to use the Royal We most of the time. This started after he successfully defended the world TagTeam titles without his partner.
198	[[/folder]]
199
200	[[folder:Radio]]
201	* Done in a round of "Stars in Their Ears" on ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue''. Tim is asked to sing Music/{{Queen}} in the style of ''the'' Queen. "We are the champion, my friends..."
202	[[/folder]]
203
204	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
205	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Nagas tend to believe themselves, personally, the pinnacle of creation, and usually use plural pronouns for themselves. Most go further and specifically refer to themselves with ''Ssa'Naja'', "We the Ideal".
206	[[/folder]]
207
208	[[folder:Theatre]]
209	* Shows up, of course, in any [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] play about royalty, like ''Hamlet'' or ''Henry V''.
210	** ''Theatre/HenryV'' has some monologues where he switches from "we" to "I." Some productions use that as the point at which he loses his temper or composure.
211	** In ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', Claudius uses it even when referring to himself personally: he calls Gertrude "our sometime sister, now our Queen". Of course Gertrude is also the nation's Queen, but was never its sister(-in-law).
212	[[/folder]]
213
214	[[folder:Video Games]]
215	* Vivaldi (the Queen of Hearts) from ''VideoGame/AliceInTheCountryOfHearts'' uses this the whole time.
216	* [[spoiler:Wiseman]] from ''VideoGame/BatenKaitosOrigins'' speaks like this.
217	-->'''[[spoiler:Wiseman:]]''' Our people are obviously happy. Are we wrong?\
218	'''Thoran:''' You think the people of [[spoiler:Rasalas]] were happy?\
219	'''[[spoiler:Wiseman:]]''' They ARE happy. They may not understand it now, [[ForYourOwnGood but the day will come when they thank us.]]
220	** It might be entirely possible, however, that he could be referring to the [[spoiler:magnus contained within him]].
221	* Fou-Lu uses the Royal We in the English localization of ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV''.
222	* Although actual insect royalty in ''VideoGame/BugFables'' don't speak in this manner, old-fashioned party member Leif refers to himself as "we". [[spoiler:It later turns out he IS a "we", [[ParasiteZombie in a manner of speaking]], though he isn't initially aware of that.]]
223	* In ''VideoGame/ChicoryAColorfulTale'', Queen Drosera always uses "We", "Our", "Us", and always capitalizes them regardless of their place in the sentence.
224	* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium:'' Coalition Warship Archer, as represented by the second signaller, speaks in the Royal "We", explaining that comms officers are trained to identify themselves in the third-person plural to ensure they never forget they are speaking for the Moralintern and first world as a whole, not only themselves.
225	* The King of Canalot talks this way in the DS version of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'', using capitalization of the first person plural, of course.
226	* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
227	** In the series' {{Backstory}} and some [[InGameNovel In-Game Novels]], Tiber Septim, founder of the Third Tamriellic Empire and Septim Dynasty, who [[DeityOfHumanOrigin ascended to godhood as the Ninth Divine, Talos]], upon his death, was known to speak in this fashion, albeit inconsistently. He tended to do it when giving a command that he personally disliked but was for the betterment of the empire, such as [[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion ordering Barenziah's child by him to be magically aborted]]:
228	---> ''"This must not be!" he said. "Undo it. We command you..."It is our express wish that you do so."''\
229	''"You promised us she would not bear to us. We've little faith in your prognostications."''
230	** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'''s ''Tribunal'' expansion, King [[MagnificentBastard Hlaalu Helseth]] speaks like this.
231	* In ''VideoGame/EVOSearchForEden'', the King and Queen Bees don't do this, and neither does the Rogon King. [[spoiler:When Bolbox revives the Queen Bee and restores her to her giant size near the end of the game, she seems to start using the Royal We, as no other giant insects are seen, barring Bolbox's giant Profasu/Cockroach.]]
232	* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di, being a transcendent human / ultimate life-form as well as Emperor, uses the royal "We".
233	** So does the Assassin of Nightless City before him. [[spoiler: It's actually a clue to her True Name -- Empress Wu Zetian.]]
234	* The Cloud of Darkness in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' DS.
235	** She's like this in ''VideoGame/{{Dissidia\|FinalFantasy}}'', too. Her character profile claims this is because her two tentacles have minds of their own, so she is quite literally [[VoiceOfTheLegion speaking for multiple entities]].
236	* Zeromus (but not Zemus) in the Game Boy Advance version of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''.
237	* The mysterious swordswoman Athena uses this in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragon''.
238	* [=M14=] of ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'' refers to herself as "We" instead of "I". [[spoiler: She does this in memory of a line of defective Doll models (of which she was an example of) who underwent a series of harsh trials that ended when she was the only specimen remaining.]]
239	* ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'': The King of All Cosmos speaks like this. Which is weird, because the King has no cabinet or anything to speak of. Just the queen and the tons of cousins. The cousins really don't count.
240	* The arrogant Lord Dearche of the ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable'' games naturally has a tendency to pepper her speeches with this when she's feeling especially [[LargeHam hammy]]. And with NoIndoorVoice.
241	* Princess Lipid from ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', who is a part of Bowser's mucus membranes, speaks like this in addition to using early modern English.
242	* The King of Greenhorne in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' uses this continuously.
243	* [=GLaDOS=] uses We instead of I in ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' before the big reveal. This more of the editorial sense of the word though, as she is ostensibly speaking for the scientists and other personnel running the test. [[spoiler:This is also to hide the fact the she is an AI rather than a recording. "I" would imply that the speaker is an actual entity, where We refers to those that speaker represents. In fact, once you officially go OffTheRails, she accidentally lets the "I" slip out; she tries to correct it, but then drops the facade entirely once she knows there's no going back.]]
244	* The Baronet in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryI'' talks like this when he thanks you for breaking the enchantment that [[spoiler:turned him into a bear]] and returning him to normal. He's portrayed as being rather pompous.
245	* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'':
246	** Sybil also does in ''Sam and Max Save the World: Bright Side of the Moon'' after becoming Queen of Canada.
247	--->'''Sybil:''' We have become the Queen of Canada.\
248	'''Max:''' I thought Music/{{Rush\|Band}} was the Music/{{Queen}} of Canada.
249	** The Pharaoh Sammun-Mak from ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'' abuses this trope in "They Stole Max's Brain!".
250	* Dormin from ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' uses this a lot, although, to be fair, [[spoiler:Dormin is compromised of a male and female entity, so this trope is used quite appropriately. However, as the game goes on, the masculine side of Dormin eventually eclipses the feminine side. It is speculated that this may be because the feminine portion of Dormin is harboring Mono's body, per [[DealWithTheDevil the deal]] Dormin upheld with Wander. Further speculation even goes into ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'', but you probably [[WildMassGuessing don't care]].]]
251	* King Knight of ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' uses this at first. He stops after Shovel Knight calls him out on not even being a real king.
252	* The Queen Bee of Honeyhive Galaxy in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' uses the royal we, for example complaining that "The most furious itchiness plagues our entire being!"
253	* Rohoph of ''VideoGame/TamingDreams'' uses the Royal We along with FloweryElizabethanEnglish. Mardek occasionally copies both, but it's not clear if he's emulating Rohoph or referring to himself and Rohoph.
254	* Maximilian of ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' speaks like this - most of the time, anyway. Occasionally, he speaks without it.
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256
257	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
258	* The BigBad of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' uses it in the royalty persona in the official English translation, making it a bit more eccentric than the original Japanese where the pronoun simply denoted inflated self-importance.
259	* ''VisualNovel/GalaxyAngel'': Shiva Transbaal's speech is translated this way in the first game's FanTranslation when trying to sound particularly noble (read: stand up to Eonia). In the third game, Gern, the Emperor of the Valfask also talks this way, albeit more to sound high and mighty.
260	* In ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously'', all members of the wealthy Kuki family talk this way, reflecting their status as some of the richest and most powerful people on the planet.
261	* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has Queen Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in, who always uses this when she is speaking to you. [[spoiler:She abandons this once the final trial begins.]]
262	* In ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}'', PACT dictator Veniczar Arcadius refers to himself exclusively in plurals, using “we” instead of “I” and “ours” instead of “mine”. [[spoiler:This is one of several traits foreshadowing the reveal that [[SamusIsAGirl she]] is [[IAmLegion a collective]] of hive-minded clones rather than an individual]].
263	[[/folder]]
264
265	[[folder:Webcomics]]
266	* [[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0015.htm Completely misunderstood]] by Arthur in ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace''.
267	* ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'' features a variant, the [[http://chainsawsuit.com/2009/12/28/ha-ha-treated-like-royalty/ Royal I.]]
268	* Chairman Jack from ''Webcomic/ChairmanJackEmerge'', due to the fact that his brain works like a MindHive parliament.
269	* In ''Webcomic/CodeNameHunter'' Queen Moraine only uses the royal "we" when things are [[http://www.codenamehunter.com/archive/comic/2012/01/16 getting serious.]]
270	* ''Webcomic/EscapeFromTerra'': In his guise as "[[http://www.bigheadpress.com/eft?page=36 King Reginald the First]]" Reggie King has to remind himself to refer to himself in the plural.
271	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Queen Albia of England utilizes this manner of speech, which is appropriate given her title. An occasional "I" still slips in there.
272	* Pab Sungenis uses it a lot in his picture-collage strip ''Webcomic/TheNewAdventuresOfQueenVictoria'', naturally.
273	* ''Webcomic/{{Precocious}}'':
274	** [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/06/29 Suzette speaks like this]] while going mad with power.
275	** Inverted later on, when a rare [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/08/23 Jacob Slam]] slings it ''right back'' at the self-proclaimed royalty.
276	* [[HiveMind Gavotte]] from ''Webcomic/SkinHorse''.
277	* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' alludes to the practice in the punchline of [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp12032014.shtml this strip.]]
278	[[/folder]]
279
280	[[folder:Web Video]]
281	* The trope gets named dropped[[labelnote:*]]Which isn't surprising considering Kaiser himself is a troper[[/labelnote]] in ''The Plan To Eradicate Christmas'' special in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''.
282	-->'''Freeza:''' That's right, monkeys. We have returned for our revenge!\
283	'''Gohan:''' Is that, like, the royal we, or...?\
284	'''Freeza:''' Yes! Also, no.
285	* The Administrator from ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'' never refers to himself in the first person, though he does appear to speak for an entire wiki... so... [[VoiceOfTheLegion possibly justified]]? He also expects other tropers to refer to themselves in the third person.
286	-->'''Mr. Administrator:''' SILENCE! A troper just referred to himself in the first person... ''we'' must make an example of him.
287	[[/folder]]
288
289	[[folder:Western Animation]]
290	* Elizabeth II speaks like this on ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}},'' which leads Yakko, Wakko and Dot to believe she has Multiple Personality Disorder.
291	-->'''Wakko:''' How many people have you got in there?
292	* [[PhysicalGod Oberon]] on ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' uses this or [[ThirdPersonPerson his own name]]. It's hard to tell at first, since he usually has [[TheChessmaster Titania]] with him.
293	* Olaf from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' sometimes calls himself "we" instead of "me". Nobody seems to mind except [[HairTriggerTemper Mr. Cat]], who is quick to pull out a weapon on him.
294	* Jenny’s exoskin in ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' spoke this way in the episode "The Return of the Raggedy Android".
295	* Princess Luna speaks like this in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' - a holdover from 1,000-year-old royal etiquette. [[FishOutOfTemporalWater It takes a while for her to catch up with the times.]]
296	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' uses this when the title duo meet a rich pig who is being carried by several servants and introduces himself by saying "''We'' are Mr. Pig," to which Pumbaa replies, "All of you?" Timon quickly points out that he was using the royal "we".
297	[[/folder]]
298
299	[[folder:Real Life]]
300	* One of the best-known instances of the royal we is UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria's famous line, ''"We are not amused."'' Except she probably [[BeamMeUpScotty didn't say it]], or if she did she was referring to [[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/889/victoria-said-we-are-not-amused-not-amused-by-what herself and the other ladies at court]]. In fact, a phrase which frequently pops up in Victoria's diaries is ''"I was very much amused."'' Still, it's become such a seminal example of the "royal we" that even [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria her article]] at Website/TheOtherWiki has a photo of her smiling captioned, "Victoria amused."[[note]]Such a photo is notable in itself, because Queen Victoria was famously [[PerpetualFrowner reluctant to smile in public]], especially after the death of her husband Prince Albert.[[/note]]
301	* [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII Queen Elizabeth II]], Queen of the United Kingdom and fifteen other countries, used the Royal We in official documents. Even when the document uses a language other than English (e.g. French in Canadian documents), those languages will use a Royal We as well if possible. The quote at the top of the page is part of a real order awarding the Victoria Cross in Australia.
302	* UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher notoriously used the Royal We despite not being a monarch, which was widely seen as inappropriate and self-aggrandising. This led to the joke that her government's new pound coin should be called a "Maggie", because "it's brassy, weighty, and thinks it's a sovereign." Most of the time, her aides covered up for her by claiming she was referring to herself and her cabinet, but the ruse fell apart completely when she was caught on live TV saying, [[http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/401700.html "We are a grandmother."]] (Queen Elizabeth was reportedly not amused.)
303	* [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor Mary I's]] initial response to the Lady Jane Grey being proclaimed Queen, when UsefulNotes/HenryVIII's will clearly stated that Mary was next in line after the recently-deceased Edward VI, was a diplomatic yet commanding letter to the lords responsible that used the royal plural to underline the point.
304	* Don't do this in UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates. As an explicitly non-monarchial country, nobody there will take it seriously:
305	** U.S. Navy Admiral Hyman G. Rickover once told a subordinate who used the royal we: "Three groups are permitted that usage: royalty, pregnant women, and schizophrenics. Which one are you?"
306	** Similarly, Creator/MarkTwain allegedly said that "three orders of men, by right, speak of themselves as 'we'. These are editors, royal personages, and people with tapeworms."
307	** James Stewart in ''Blood Sport: The President and His Adversaries'' once quoted UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton as having said, "We are the President." Not only was it usage of the Royal We, but she wasn't even President; [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton her husband was]]. This perception of a lust for power was one of many things believed to have done her in when she ran for President herself in 2016.
308	** General UsefulNotes/DouglasMacArthur started using the Royal We about midway through his career. He was so self-absorbed that he didn't even realise how thoroughly he was mocked for it behind his back.
309	* It also works in other languages that distinguish between first-person singular and first-person plural:
310	** Russian Tsars and Emperors commonly used "we" when referring to themselves. Even long after the fall of the last Tsar, it's still common for Russian speakers to respond to people who say "we" for no apparent reason: "We what, we Nicholas the Second?"
311	** Spanish has an entirely separate pronoun for the Royal We, ''nos'' (which is the origin of the modern "general we", ''nosotros''). Spanish monarchs also tend to conjugate verbs in first-person plural without even using a pronoun to achieve the same effect (e.g. ''Hemos declarado la guerra'', meaning "[We] have declared war.") The main exception is that Spanish monarchs still traditionally sign documents with ''Yo, el Rey'' ("I, the King"), and have done so since the Middle Ages. It's also sometimes used, oddly enough, by the Presidents of UsefulNotes/{{Chile}} (some of whom enjoyed using it more than others).
312	** Many southern African languages use plural pronouns and concords as a way to respectfully refer to others, and many of them reserve it for royalty or equivalents.
313	** UsefulNotes/ThePope traditionally used the Royal We in Latin for a long time. It was not until 1978 that Pope John Paul I broke with the tradition and ceased its usage, along with many other royal symbols of the papacy (such as the sedan chair and the coronation). His successors have continued the tradition of not using the Royal We in day to day conversation, but it is still used in official proclamations.
314	** German has two options -- you can use a traditional Royal We and do the first-person plural, or you can use the first-person singular but capitalised, most famously Frederick William III's 1813 proclamation ''An Mein Volk'' ("To My people"). Belgian legislation still uses it in legal documentation for the German-speaking population.
315	** In the French language, the ''nous de majesté'' was used by the various monarchs which ruled France until 1871. Belgium, Monaco and Luxemburg still uses it in official documentation. Philippe Pétain, leader of the collaborationist Vichy regime, used it in official enactements.
316	* In some languages, there's a different pronoun entirely used only by monarchs to refer to themselves:
317	** In UsefulNotes/ImperialChina, the pronoun "朕" (''zhèn'') could only be used by the Emperor. And not only was it forbidden to address the Emperor as "you" or by his given name, there was a taboo on using ''any'' character that was part of the current Emperor's personal name. For the most part, Imperial families tried to use names with rare characters, but this still led to cities having to change their names when a certain Emperor came to power.
318	** Japanese also uses the character "朕" (here pronounced ''chin'') for the Emperor of Japan, although it is not used as much as it was before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Japanese also has a taboo on using the Emperor's personal name, which is why the Emperor is usually referred to as ''Tennō Heika'' (roughly "His Majesty the Emperor") or ''Kinjō Heika'' (roughly "His Current Majesty"). Fortunately, the taboo on using any characters in his given name didn't make it over from China. The most famous usage was the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_Voice_Broadcast Jewel Voice Broadcast]], a radio message by Emperor Hirohito announcing Japan's surrender in 1945, which was the first time most of his subjects had ever heard his voice, and thus his usage of the Royal We.[[note]]In fact, the language he used was so archaic and specialised -- and also avoidant of the actual ''term'' [[NeverSayDie "surrender"]], referring only obliquely to "the terms of the Potsdam Declaration" -- that not everyone who heard it even ''understood'' that Japan had surrendered. Half of the 40 minutes assigned for Creator/{{NHK}} for this broadcast was spent on announcing several accompanying news articles that explained what the Emperor ''actually'' meant. These are the dangers of overuse of this trope.[[/note]]
319	** The Malay kingdoms have the pronoun ''beta'' for this purpose, still used today by the sultans of the states of UsefulNotes/{{Malaysia}}, one of whom serves as King on a rotating basis. Strangely, this pronoun seems to have been borrowed from the Ambonese Malay language spoken in neighbouring Indonesia, where ''everyone'' uses it, even the commoners. Even other Indonesians find it kind of funny.
320	* Judges will refer to themselves as "we" in court opinions, even if there is only one judge involved, to emphasise that the judge is speaking as "the court" and referring to the decision of the legal system as a whole. If you see a legal opinion with an "I", usually it's a dissent from the majority opinion (so the judge is not speaking for the court, but telling the court why they're wrong), or it's a concurrence to someone else's opinion (so the judge is saying "I agree with the court (or with this guy who's dissenting), but I have something I want to add or clarify.") This is slowly changing, especially at the trial level, where there is only one judge who's actually making a judgment of some sort -- but the law is the same everywhere (or at least is supposed to be), so others will still use "we" to emphasize that any other judge would have (or should have) said the same thing.
321	* Scholars and scientists are sometimes prone to doing this in academic journal articles and books, even if written by only one person. The underlying logic here is similar to that of judges; the work doesn't show the opinion of the author, but rather the state of knowledge and fact. It also demonstrates that the work was peer-reviewed. It's particularly common in the former Soviet countries.
322	* Frequently used among computer programmers, as well, when adding explanatory comments in the code. It's often considered bad form and even somewhat arrogant to use "I" in a code comment; better to attribute the code (and the design decisions behind it) to the entire team rather than the individual who types it in.
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