When I was a preschool kid, I used to believe that kings and queens only existed in fairy tales, like the other characters (dragons, fairies and things like that) that Mom had said were "just make-believe". Seeing news stories from England on TV impressed and confused me at the same time: "Mommy, is that Elizabeth lady real?"
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that princesses were make-believe like monsters, dragons, and fairies.Anon
- I used to believe that kings and queens and members of royal families don't fart, wee or poo.. — Leema
- I didn't know Reindeer existed, I thought they were just christmas animals for storiesAnon
- I used to believe Dragons were real like Dinosaurs. I found out the other day they weren't.. Haha. Anon
- Well,I really think that fairies and witches can be real! We're in a big universe and they can exist!— Raul
- In my childhood I used to think that all the superheroes I saw on television existed in real life— Cris