I read considerable to Jim about kings and dukes and earls and such, and how gaudy they dressed, and how much style they put on, and called each other your majesty, and your grace, and your lordship, and so on, ‘stead of mister; and Jim’s eyes bugged out, and he was interested.

– Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 14. As Huck and Jim float down the river on a raft, Huck tries to educate Jim on royalty. Twain here is poking fun at aspects of royalty.