Dear Queen Elizabeth,

There are some foam heads on the waves again. The sea of your empire will never be smooth as glass, but in the last year one storm has followed another. Meghan, her father, Megxit, the fuss with Andrew.

I never liked being in your shoes anyway (especially since there are always skin-colored tights between your leg and your shoe and if there's one thing I detest, it's skin-colored tights, but that's beside the point) but this year: brrr.

But there are also problems that are easy to eliminate, such as the PDA problem, or: the public display of affection. You would rather not have that. No kisses, no holding hands, none of that. You actually prefer that there is a meter of air between two young lovers. That said, it turns out you are actually an incredible Corona fighter avant la lettre.

On Saturday, Harry and Meghan were at the Mountbatten Festival enjoying an evening of music in each other's company. Two young parents on the brink of an exciting time in their lives, briefly without child, just together. What do you do then as young lovers? You hold each other's hands. Preferably the whole evening. But that would be provocative. Because it is not proper, especially not at the end of the period in which you are part of your royal family.

It didn't surprise you, did it? As if Meghan ever listened to you. She really just laughed hard when she heard about those skin-colored tights.

Kate and William also made the news because of a ‘very affectionate’ photo. I clicked through, that's just how I am. Hoping for a bit of skin, an intense kiss, something like that. But what did I see? A smiling Kate, a happy William, side by side. That was it. I didn't understand the fuss, did you?

Dear Queen Elizabeth, I admire how you, despite the laws of ‘the crown’ and your own quite rigid governance system, still meander with current situations. That can't be easy, but in the end, you dare to make choices. Even unconventional ones.

Could you perhaps loosen the reins around PDA a bit, so that Kate and William can just go through life laughing and kissing? The last thing you want is for these two to leave the building due to too many rules. And while you're at it... Just throw those skin-colored tights into the corner. Let's get rid of that too.

With greatest regards and gratitude,