If in a country the central bank governor has to publicly deny having carried out a covert coup d'état to overthrow a democratic government, it is logical to think that the country may have a problem with its central bank – and with the governor in question–. This is exactly what Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, had to do in November 2022, following Liz Truss's resignation as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom just 44 days after taking office. As if Truss's bad luck were not enough, during her brief tenure, Queen Elizabeth II died.