King of England?

She's not exclusivly the queen of the United Kingdom she also the queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

God it's annoying...

I am just watching it now, and, at least the first time Ralph arrives and is introduced to O'Toole (Secretary) he is not identified as King of England. I can't remember the entire title, but it did not include King of England, and was considerably longer than just "King of England" Later in the movie, I did hear Peter O'Toole refer to him briefly as "King of England." 'Course, that's just an American's take on it. Why doesn't some Great Britian movie company remake it and use all those correct titles in every scene? I would watch it.
my god its full of stars

It's because despite their extreme intelligence in other areas, yanks are quite thick when it comes to international geography, especially relating to the UK. Ask your average american what the difference is between England, Britain and UK and most of the time they'll have no idea.

King Ralph was written by americans for americans, with token americanised British accents, the sort that none of us speak with. The film has expressions they use themselves and think everyone else does too - for example they refer to the PM as 'Prime Minister Hale' in the way they say 'President Bush', they don't realise we rarely (if ever) use that title that way.


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Not anti-american - just Pro-Britain.

So your complaint is that a movie about an American lounge singer from Vegas getting appointed the British King, doesn't use the proper terminology. If thats all you have to complain about I think you're doing all right.

And whining that Americans don't know British geography or history always kills me. Do the British study American history or geography? I doubt it.

It's a fun little movie that even mentions most of the parts of the British Empire. If calling him the King of Englang or Elisabeth as the Queen offends you, we will just have to be more careful.

Well, I'm not a Yank nor a Brit, so I'll just put in my two cents with the hope that I don't offend anyone.

If I recall correctly, whenever the King is formally announced (in the film), he is intoduced as "By the grace of God, King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith".

And Ralph Jones (John Goodman) also uses the same words when turning over the throne to Cedric.

I think this answers some of the questions on "King of England" and someone also mentioned other countries like Canada. But, yes, in some parts of the film Cedric (Peter O'Toole) and Duncan also mention "King of England" but I doubt they would use the entire phrase everytime (even in private).

Someone here said that Brits use the term "Prime Minister" as opposed to Prime Minister Hale, or Mr. Prime Minister. If I am remembering correctly, then all the British characters refer to Hale, simply as "Prime Minister" the only one who says Prime Minister Hale is Ralph (John Goodman) when he addresses the Parliament.

Nope

to answer the OP's question, this is a movie made for AMERICAN audiences, and therefore caters to their ignorance. The average American doesn't know the difference between England and Britain.

Properly, he would be the King of England and her territorehs, including those delightful colonehs when they cease the'ah tempah tantrum.