🐱🐱👑 Mrs. Cotton & Miss Dickens: A Royal Household

Mrs. Cotton is a beautiful white cat who lives happily indoors with her devoted married humans. For quite some time, she enjoyed the distinguished position of being the household’s only feline resident, its undisputed centre of attention and, naturally, its Chief Executive Officer.

Then came Miss Dickens.

A young, curious and rather adventurous little lady who arrived with an impressive amount of energy, an extraordinary talent for occupying someone else’s favourite spot, and absolutely no understanding of established royal protocol.

Mrs. Cotton, being a gracious and experienced ruler, has welcomed her young companion into the household. Admittedly, this has required a few adjustments to palace procedures, particularly concerning personal space, sleeping arrangements and the increasingly complicated matter of who owns which toys.

Mrs. Cotton remains firmly in charge, of course. Miss Dickens simply hasn’t read the organisational chart.

Independent, opinionated and delightfully particular, Mrs. Cotton continues to supervise household routines, inspect the quality of human service and ensure that standards of comfort, timing and respect are maintained. Nothing escapes her careful attention, especially when meals are late, cushions are insufficiently plumped or the humans display an alarming lack of initiative.

Miss Dickens, meanwhile, approaches life with boundless enthusiasm, innocent mischief and the firm belief that every corner of the palace deserves exploring. Preferably at speed. She is learning the finer points of royal etiquette under Mrs. Cotton’s watchful eye, although progress occasionally depends on whether something interesting is moving across the floor.

Despite their different personalities, the two ladies are developing a lovely friendship. They play together, chase one another through the palace and are gradually discovering the pleasures of sharing a home, even if sharing a favourite blanket occasionally requires delicate diplomatic negotiations.

Together, Mrs. Cotton and Miss Dickens bring elegance, curiosity, affection and a healthy degree of feline unpredictability to their humans’ lives.

The humans, for their part, remain devoted servants, official photographers, providers of meals and treats, and full-time door-opening personnel. Their training is ongoing.

Mrs. Cotton considers this a perfectly satisfactory arrangement. Miss Dickens considers it an excellent starting point for further negotiations.

The Legal Bit, as Approved by Mrs. Cotton (and Thoroughly Inspected by Miss Dickens)

All photographs of Mrs. Cotton and Miss Dickens remain the property of their humans, who serve as official photographers, legal representatives, snack providers and general palace staff.

These images may not be copied, reused, edited, shared, published or otherwise used without prior permission from their humans.

Mrs. Cotton would also appreciate it if such requests were made without disturbing her important naps. Miss Dickens has yet to express an official opinion on copyright, although she has shown considerable interest in anything that moves across a computer screen.

A Note on Royal Portraiture

Mrs. Cotton’s beautiful avatar was lovingly created by designthinking.lol, a rare honour she naturally accepted with the quiet dignity of a cat who had always known she deserved an official portrait.

Miss Dickens, being the newest member of the royal household, is currently establishing her own reputation. Given her enthusiasm for making herself noticed, Mrs. Cotton suspects that formal portraiture may eventually become unavoidable.

The palace now has two cats, two distinct personalities and twice the charm.

As for who is actually in charge?

Mrs. Cotton considers the question entirely unnecessary.

Miss Dickens appears to be conducting her own investigation.

Yours,

Mrs. Cotton 🐱🐾

With the enthusiastic assistance of Miss Dickens 🐾