Not really sure what the deal with the royalty thing is but it seems to be a thing. I even saw a commercial where a woman declared herself a queen and her dog was depicted as bowing before her.
The origin of the the name California has never been determined. But one theory, which has gained more attention recently, is that it is named from Calafia, a fictional black queen, from an early 16th century book by a Castilian author.
Calafia rules over an island kingdom of black women, but is entirely fictional.
Didn’t the Obamas think they were royalty?