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I am not sure you understood the intent of my comment. "The royal we" is a phrase with a technical meaning. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluralis_Majestatis It seems like an accurate statement of the facts to me.
http://www.odlt.org/ballast/pluralis_auctoris.html
Whatever it refers to, my immediate reaction was that the "we" doesn't seem to include me - which seems unfortunate, since - AFAICS - my usage is the more standard one. Anyway: your blog - lay down whatever terminology you like.