Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is under fire after wringing the neck of a wounded pheasant with her bare hands during a hunting trip. A hunting dog brought her the bird, still alive, after it had been shot by someone else, and a press photographer got pictures of her killing it. “All she did was put a bird out of its misery after it had been shot,” protested a royal aide. “She can’t see what the fuss is about.” (Reuters) ...It’s mainly because people misread the headline as “Queen Enjoys Killing Peasants”.