In 1982, when The BFG was published, Queen Elizabeth II had been the reigning monarch of England for thirty years. Okay, it’s never explained whether The BFG is set in the present day or in the past, so we don’t know for sure that The Queen in the story is Elizabeth II. But she was probably influenced by her. Like Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen in this story was well-liked by her subjects and is the main monarch, more powerful than the king. Let’s hear it for ladies ruling the roost.