It's true. Feathers and the distinct lack of bright colors are very much not what one would imagine when it came to someone called the Rose Queen and her children. Plants, flowers, thorns, sure, but birds simply don't fit in there. Childermass isn't even in a position to deny he's any different than the other Summer Court changelings, not with how the summoning had stripped away his glamour on arrival.

It isn't an order, though. He gets the feeling it may become one after his answer turns out to be disgustingly sarcastic, but he can't help himself, going on to say, "The Queen of England. Isn't it obvious?"