You know your school owner has got delusions of grandeur when…
…the school’s founding documents start with “Now, therefore, know ye that We, by virtue of Our Royal Prerogative and of all other powers enabling Us in that behalf, do, of Our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, grant, will, direct, and ordain that…”
No, I am not making this up. Although…
when the chain of language schools were set up by George VI, as was the British Council, that might be some excuse. If it was not, a coat of arms, Latin mottos, ownership of castles or stately homes, or any waffling like that above is probably a very bad sign indeed.
