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Publisher Rebecca Barnes鈥� SEO game at Prince William Living Magazine is strong.聽Maybe too strong.
Type 鈥淓mail Prince William鈥� or 鈥淗ow to get in touch with Prince William鈥� in your Google search bar and the contact page for the magazine appears first, with the royal family鈥檚 official contact page second.
So you can imagine what happened at the offices of Prince William Living Magazine, which covers Prince William County, Va., when news of Queen Elizabeth鈥檚 death broke Thursday afternoon.
Barnes鈥� office has received sketches, poems and an offer to make a casket blanket — in all about 35 emails and several phone calls.
A 16-year-old girl wrote to the magazine that she鈥檚 a huge fan of the royal family and hoped to score an invitation to the monarch鈥檚 funeral.
鈥淚 would love to come to her funeral, as she meant a lot to me. Although I鈥檓 sure you don鈥檛 let randomers in, thank you for reading this,鈥� the girl wrote.
Another angled for a job as she gave her condolences.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been a dream of mine to work in your household for all of my life, as a housekeeper or something, I鈥檓 a very clean person, I always have everything spotless,鈥� she wrote.
While the volume of correspondence has increased with the death of the queen, messages for the royal family are nothing new for the magazine, which receives at least one email a week meant for Prince William, the person, or his family.
It鈥檚 been Barnes鈥� policy not to respond, but sometimes she can鈥檛 help herself.
One writer asked if he could be the next King of England.
鈥淚 wrote back and asked him to submit an application,鈥� she said.
By the way, Prince William County is named for William Augustus, the second son of King George II, and was bestowed the name when the county was formed in 1731.
