Hawke's Bay A&P Society events manager Anna Hamilton likes the idea of organising a royal show.
But, even more, she likes the idea of organising a royal to be at the show, and reckons Harry would be pretty cool.
Ultimately it's not her job to bring a Windsor to her castle, but it does highlight the challenges of planning A&P shows, to find balances between the rural traditions of the past and the demands of the public in the future, and keep up with the competition.
As event managers go, she could hardly have had a better introduction, after returning two years ago to live in home town Waipukurau.
It was six weeks before the 2012 show in Hastings, an event planned and enabling her to observe how it all worked in the big week before Labour Weekend.
But then it was all-on for planning last year's 150th anniversary show. Now, while planning this year's show for October 22-24, it's also all-on planning for the royal shows in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Ms Hamilton, 31, is aware of the difficulties which have emerged with royal shows in the years since one was last staged in Hastings in 2003, when the royal title was shared on an annual base by five shows throughout the country.
Most recently, the splitting of a Manawatu consortium which staged the royal show at Manfeild last year has meant it is unable to take up the second year of a contract with the Royal Agricultural Society.
As it did last year, the Hawke's Bay Show has "royal event" status in its sheep and cattle classes this year, and won a bid for the royal show for which Hastings could become the regular venue, depending on the outcome of the venture over the next three years.
Ms Hamilton says the show is in the process of "rebranding" and, while hoping the "royal event" status this year will inspire the national interest needed to make the royal show next year the national event it has been in the past, a focus will be on following the produce chain from the farm gate to the kitchen table.
Lamb and beef precincts are expected to be features of the show, but other sectors will also be tackled as it aims to remove some of the mystique around the rural sector.
The society is constantly aware of the cost, and Ms Hamilton says: "I'd love to have a show with an open gate. Every single year we talk about the gate prices, and whether we can lower them."
At $16 for an adult, and $35 for a family of two adults and three children, the cost is modest, show organisers believe, although it recognises the pressures parents face as the rides, candy floss and hot dogs loom in the fairground.
Common sense tends to rule out the possibility of gate charges being cut, leaving the show in the position of trying to ensure a wide range of "free" activities, or at least activities costing no more than when showgoers step on to the showgrounds.
It's ironic that for an event planner Ms Hamilton didn't know what she wanted to do as she finished boarding school at Nga Tawa College, near Marton.
She went to university and started a degree in communications, and graduated in event management.
"I fell into it," she said, but hasn't looked back, adding: "Every day is different."
It's simple. There's always a goal. Asked what might be the ultimate challenge, she said: "Something like an Olympic Games opening ceremony. That would be amazing."