I was finishing my coffee and reading an entry about Diana Vreeland on Little Augury when a link took me to an article that says only the Queen can own swans in Britain.
This is the first I've heard about that, not that I'm an expert on these things, mind.
So I did a bit of reading about this, including why we don't eat swans (well, it would be impressive to present to dinner guests, wouldn't it?). I've always been quite drawn to photographing swans, they are so striking, not to mention graceful. And big!
The article in the Daily Mail is more about Charlotte Townshend than swans, really, and it's not exactly a paper I would call a 'reference'.
So, I went to the Royal Website:
Today, the Crown retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water, but The Queen only exercises her ownership on certain stretches of the Thames and its surrounding tributaries.
Turns out there is even a ceremony about it all. Well, of course there would be...
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