Hello Tin Man.

The best of luck with your heroic undertaking: to commence a substantive dialog and open things up! Knowing what you’re up against (so you can construct ingenious and inventive countermeasures) will give you the greater chances to succeed.

John Keane characterized Tom Paine’s (sardonic) assessment of your challenge
(in terms of King George III and royalty in general):

“This sovereign head is indivisible and all-powerful. In times of public calamity it is entitled to eliminate the ‘Worms within the Entrailes’ (Hobbes) of the body politic. The sovereign is an earthly god who enjoys the right to muzzle and blindfold its subjects and to speak on their behalf. It is constantly on the lookout for the state’s enemies at home and abroad, and it must perforce rule both secretively and deceptively. Arcane maneuvers and pompous, noisy displays of power are the two faces of the sovereign head: not only must those who rule the people dissimulate their power—by ensuring that they know and see while keeping their subjects in the dark—they must also ensure that these same subjects live in awe of the magnificence of the state.”