Wherein Lies the Irony of Jean Lesage's Pronouncement,"The Queen Does

Wherein lies the irony of Jean Lesage's pronouncement,"The Queen does not negotiate with her subjects"?

A) Within a year after making the statement,he was doing just that-well in advance of most other provincial premiers.
B) The statement originally appeared in Alice in Wonderland,a book he confessed to never having read.
C) Many of his Quebec constituents would have been surprised to hear themselves referred to as the Queen's subjects.
D) Most queens negotiate with their subjects quite regularly as a matter of course.
E) Lesage was neither female nor Queen.