Royal Hen

Royal Hen is a masked celebrity on the tenth US season of The Masked Singer.
It was later revealed that the celebrity underneath the mask was Billie Jean King. 
== Appearance ==
Royal Hen is a recycled costume from the unused French Hen costume from the ninth season. As such, she is a brown hen wearing a bicorne with a bright orange plume, a blue and red overcoat resembling that of a 18th Century naval officer, glittering blue trousers, and boots with flowers on them.
==Songs==
Week	Song Selection 	Result
4 	"Philadelphia Freedom" by Elton John	ELIM
===Smackdown===
Week	VS 	Song Selection
4 	Hawk	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John & Kiki Dee
== Clues ==
Week	Clue
4 	Narrator: "We welcome viewers to the coronation of the Royal Hen. For the first time ever, the Royal Hen is set to hold court. A true trailblazer, she is famous for championing equal opportunities for all, and has made it her royal mission to be a voice for the voiceless. Her road to stardom was wrought with prejudice. She knew sitting idly by was for the birds. She was no chicken. She entered the ring bravely and proved to her 90 million subjects that she was worthy of the crown. Here she is receiving the royal stadium hotdog. Now having inspired by her flock of birds, her name is etched in history. Congratulations, we are here to serve you. God save the Royal Hen."
Clue Answers
Royal Hen singing "Philadelphia Freedom" is the ultimate clue to Elton John writing the song about her.
The "trailblazer" clue was a gift to her own Trailblazers: The Unmatched Story of Women's Tennis book.
The brown bear was a clue to her world famous tennis bear cookie jar.
The "storm" in the newspaper was a clue to The Billie Jean King Cup where Storm Sanders has been part of.
The Eiffel Tower clue relates to Billie awarding The Legion of Honor by French president Emmanuel Macron.
The hotdog was a clue to when she passed out hotdogs during the Battle of Roland Garros.
==Final Guesses==
Week	Robin's Guess 	Jenny's Guess	Ken's Guess 	Nicole's Guess
4 	Gloria Steinem	Rita Moreno 	Billie Jean King	Dr. Ruth Westheimer
==Other Guesses==
Week	Husky's Guess	Tiki's Guess 	Hawk's Guess
4 	Rita Moreno 	Billie Jean King	Dr. Ruth Westheimer
== Trivia ==
* Royal Hen previously appeared as a scrapped costume in the ninth season, where she was called "French Hen".
* This is the first tennis player to compete on the American version of the show. Bagpipes was the first overall tennis player in the franchise.
* She is the second contestant on the American version to sing a song that is in a way about themselves, following Grandmaster Flash as Polar Bear.
* Royal Hen's elimination was confirmed when the trailer for "Harry Potter Night" was accidentally posted prior to the airing of "A Celebration of Elton John".
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