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His Highness, Minor Prince Fredrick-Martin Ananto-Collins named Crown Prince
Gives first official interview to La Moda
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
December 1, 5655


Minor Crown Prince Fredrick-Martin Ananto-Collins, age 13, at home in Kaliburg

In an administrative ceremony, Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Mary I Ananto, named her first born child, His Highness Minor Prince Fredrick-Martin David Ananto-Collins as Crown Prince and her official successor. His accession to the role of Successor to the Throne relieves Her Highness Princess Margaret Ananto-DeLaurentis of the duties. Her Imperial Majesty's Office added a short statement that the Empress wanted to hold off on the nomination to allow the Minor Prince to become a teenager before assuming any official royal responsibilities.

Following the naming of the Minor Prince as the official Successor to the Throne, the Minor Prince sat down with La Moda reporter Caroline Wallace to introduce himself to the world.

(La Moda's) C(aroline) W(allace): Thank you for inviting me to your home, Your Highness.

(His Highness, The Minor Crown Prince) F(redrick-Martin) A(nanto-Collins): Well, this is my mother's home, I just live here.

CW: Very Well, Your Highness. Perhaps you would be so kind as to tell the readers a bit about yourself. Introduce yourself to the world, if you will please.

FA: Hello, I am Fred. I am Thirteen Years Young. I like Punk Rock and skating and surfing here in Kaliburg. I am in the 8th Grade at Wilson Hill Middle, and I run track. My favorite Subject is music. Besides being the Emperor, someday I'd like to learn music theory and have a band.

CW: Can you do both, Your Highness?

FA: I think so. I look at what other Emperors and Empresses can do, and I think I can do both.

CW: Does Your Highness like Government?

FA: I kind of have to, but... to be honest, it doesn't allow me to be as creative as I would like.

CW: What do you play?

FA: I play the drums. I get to practice a lot at school. I am in the band, and am on percussion. It's a lot of fun, and I'm pretty good.

CW: Do you take lessons?

FA: Of course. But its kind of hard to be a drummer if nobody wants to make a band.

CW: So Your Highness doesn't know any musicians?

FA: I mean, lots of people play the clarinet, or the trumpet. But there is a shortage of electric guitarists my age, so to practice, I kind of play along with music on my phone.

CW: Do you have a favorite band?

FA: I like The Crew. They're pretty fast. I like a lot of older stuff too: Anarchrock, Crush, Alternica, Thrasher... bands like that, that have that speed, that volume. I think if I could play that fast, I would be awesome. With time, I think, and practice... and a band...

CW: Perhaps this article will help you get a band, Your Highness.

FA: Well, either way.

CW: And you said you surf?

FA: Oh yes, competitively. I actually won a few youth competitions at Sunset.

CW: Have you surfed Luxon?

FA: Oh, ha ha, no I'm still too young. I would love to, but its just too dangerous.

CW: Do you surf with your aunt?

FA: Quite often, you know, Aunt Meg is a great surfer. I did see her surf at Luxon. That was awesome.

CW: Do you look forward to High School, Your Majesty?

FA: Yeah, Absolutely. I have a lot of friends in school here and I can't wait to like, learn more specific things. They have a better band in high school. I might try out drama, you know... just whatever I want to do..."

CW: I am sure you will make the most of it, Your Highness.

FA: I will certainly try.

CW: So, given your new role as Crown Prince, perhaps: project yourself into the future. What sort of Emperor will you be?

FA: Hopefully a good one.

CW: Well, of course a good one. I shall hope so, Your Highness. But what I mean is, what would your focus be? Would you keep the course your mother has set, or would you strike out in a new direction.

FA: I suppose that depends on some things. My mother was presented with a much different situation than I hope to inherit. She came to her Throne in a time of war. She'll leave me with peace, a balanced budget, a set of priorities that reflect the beautifucation and the improvement of our culture and our people. For all the criticism she got when she was younger, she has done a pretty good job. So I think I will pick up where she left off and carry things forward further.

CW: Do you have any specific goals you would like to tackle as Emperor?

FA: I mean, I always thought maybe we would put more money to music education. That's something I am really serious about. I don't know. There's a lot of it and I really just kind of started learning about it, so I think I better say pass on this question. I don't know...

CW: That's fine Your Highness. We'll finish up here. Do you have any parting words for the audience in this, your first interview?

FA: Just make sure to check out like your local scene. There's a lot of really cool people there doing a lot of really interesting stuff. They obviously have punk shows and stuff, but also there's like DIY zines that actually do some pretty good reporting on like different bands, and this one I read, called Crass, has some social issue in every edition, where they actually go out and interview a bunch of people on a topic, a different one each edition, and then write a whole report about it. It's usually like "How can we make a more inclusive scene?" or "How punk rock saves lives," which talks about how the whole community tries to help people in mental health situations, to know that they have friends and aren't alone. You know, stuff like that. So yeah, there's a million little clubs and venues all around Kalistan, and we just gotta support this music and this community, you know?

CW: Is that it?

FA: Yeah, and like 5 Ruble Shows are still a thing, even in Kaliburg. You don't have to pay like 400 rubles to go see whatever you know pop princess or whatever. Come to a Saturday Matinee: 5 Rubles, 7 bands. It's a lot of fun.

CW: Ha ha, well, alright. I want to thank you, Your Highness for sitting down with us and talking with us.

FA: You're welcomed. Better do more of these before we have to have the Chancellor in here too.

CW: Sure. Before we go: For our online readers, does Your Highness want to suggest a song for readers to check out that kind of describes your music tastes?

FA: Hmmmm... Let me think. I think I'll go with Anarchrock's "I can't Take it." That's rad Hardcore.

CW: Alright, we'll link it on the page.

FA: Awesome. Thank you.

The song requested by His Highness, by Hardcore Punk legends Anarchrock called "I Can't Take It" is just below.

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZCm5DkwnjY]