Things like crowns had a troublesome effect on clever folks; it was best to leave all the reigning to the kind of people whose eyebrows met in the middle Three witches gathered on a lonely heath A king cruelly murdered his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin A child heir & the crown of the kingdom both missing Witches don't have these kind of dynastic problems themselves
- in fact they don't have leaders Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn't have But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe particularly when the blood on your hands just won't wash off & you're facing a future with knives in it