Country Music Royalty

I was thinking back to Claire's blog on Taylor Swift wearing a military-styled jacket at the Echo awards when I saw a huge billboard advertising her latest album in Shoreditch (I know, I was pretty confused as to how a country star ended up on a wall in east London). I realized that as someone who was born and bred on country music, I cannot help myself from making a further link. In my eyes, Dolly Parton is bigger than the Queen.

Well, Taylor's royal enthusiasm does not end with her military jacket at the Echo awards. The two biggest songs off her newest album take on royalty in the fairytale theme being considered for Kensington Palace's status symbols exhibition.

So, unable to pass up the opportunity to force country music upon people, here they are (And it can't be that bad--this was the first country song to top Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart):

And even better yet, she’s recently been to London and made a bit of a video blog about it, which includes her and one of her label executives dressing up as they imagine the English—a royal guard and the Queen!

haha, yes.

KR