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Is it not highly vain to post a picture of oneself on a fact-based encyclopaedia such as this? As it is in my mind. Why does she not go all-out and say THE Recent and Most Glorious May Queen, Her Highness Eleanor Teasdale" in the caption! -- Leowatkins 18:29, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
I suspect many May Queen festivals claim to be the oldest. Citation for Brentham's claim? Dave.Dunford 09:11, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
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I propose to merge the King of the May article to this May Queen article. Probably to sit as a section/sub-section. I suggest this because the King of the May article meets about every WP:MERGEREASON. Including:
In short, unless there are other thoughts (or someone can find sources to expand the "May King" article into something that can stand on its own), I'm inclined to merge the limited content here. Perhaps to a "related personifications" section. Guliolopez ( talk) 16:26, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
We'd probably need a better reference than a defunct link to hayfield.uk.net. As it appears to have been founded in 1928 and there are numerous older festivals I'll remove this statement unless anyone objects. Catfish Jim and the soapdish ( talk) 12:48, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
The article seems to have mixed the two concepts of Queen of the May (the tree Prunus Padus) which has roots to pre-historic times in British Celtic folklore (cf. Robert Graves' The White Queen and Frazer's The Golden Bough) with the modern day May Queen celebrations which derive from it. The fact that the time of the celebration is also in the month of May hasn't helped. Jatrius ( talk) 18:37, 17 April 2023 (UTC)