The Magykal Papers (17 page)

THE BAD

Chapter Thirteen:
E
THELDREDDA THE
A
WFUL

• Name: Queen Etheldredda
  
• Age when succeeded to Throne: Forty.
  
• Length of reign: Approx. fifteen years. Ended with a suspicious drowning, although there is a legend that she never actually died and is imprisoned in the attic.
  
• Known for: Murdering her two baby daughters and trying to murder her oldest daughter, Esmeralda.
  

THE CRAZY

Chapter Fourteen:
T
HE
N
IGHTGOWN
Q
UEEN

• Name: Queen Doreen
  
• Age when succeeded to Throne: Sixteen.
  
• Length of reign: Ten years.
  
• Known for: Running along Wizard Way in her nightgown. Keeping ferrets in the Throne Room. Making her advisers pass a skipping test every week.
  

Chapter Fifteen:
W
HICH
W
AY
D
ID
S
HE
G
O
?

• Name: Queen Datchet III
  
• Age when succeeded to Throne: Thirty-two.
  
• Length of reign: Two years.
  
• Known for: Moving the East Gate Lookout Tower to the western side of the Castle and Closing the Gate. It is thought she did this after being hit on the head by a rotten bedpost, which caused her to lose all sense of direction. One morning she took the dawn boat to the Port and was never seen again. Queen Datchet III had no daughter and was succeeded by her younger sister, Queen Daphne II (Daphne the Dull).