{"id":8127,"date":"2025-10-01T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libraryqueens.com\/?p=8127"},"modified":"2025-09-30T20:47:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T01:47:53","slug":"coronation-by-cleo-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libraryqueens.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/coronation-by-cleo-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation by Cleo White"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Queen B&#8217;s Decree:<\/strong> Coronation really hit the spot. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"8128\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.libraryqueens.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/coronation-by-cleo-white\/coronation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.libraryqueens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/coronation-e1758556082289.jpg?fit=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"coronation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.libraryqueens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/coronation-e1758556082289.jpg?fit=628%2C942&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.libraryqueens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/coronation.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8128\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I loved the premise. 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