Except her mother was Scottish and "England" does not feature anywhere in her official title.Originally Posted by paborn
Apart from that, carry on
Except her mother was Scottish and "England" does not feature anywhere in her official title.
Apart from that, carry on
OH, Scotty, if you read the original post I noted that her mother was a "Scottish Noblewoman" I know she is Queen of the United Kingdom, etc. But, in fairness I was not discussing, ever, official titles. But,rather the idea of her being German rather than British - you're quite right I should have said British and not written "English"..... perhaps I was thinking of her root ethnicity as Duchess of Lancaster.
scottish-guy (July 21st, 2018)
Prince Charles is 70 in November and there's a new range of chinaware to mark the event. Devoted monarchists on the Forum could perhaps buy a cup and saucer for fifty-five pounds. Proceeds go towards the upkeep of old queens??
Yuck! I remember being told in my biology class many, many years ago that the average female is born with about 100,000 eggs. I wonder if they each have a little lion imprinted on the shell?
But, have you noticed how many folk are decidely fishy.....?
Alex Salmon[d], Nicola Sturgeon, Jackson Pollock (painter), Feargal Sharkey (N. Irish singer), T.J. Bass (author of Half past Human), Robert Trout (US broadcaster), Salmon P Chase (abolishionist lawyer and US senator),Thomas Herring (former Archbishop of Canterbury), Thomas Gordon Hake (19th centruy doctor and poet), Harold Roach (film producer at the beginning of the 20th century), Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813, an American military officer and explorer who mapped much of the Louisiana Purchase), Satyajit Ray (1921-1992, born in Calcutta. His first film "Pather Panchali" won him international acclaim). The list is as deep as the ocean.
Oh, and we mustn't forget controversial weather forecaster, Michael Fish who shot to fame in October 1987 with...."Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way... well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't!".
Eh???? Half the country's knickers left washing lines at 100 miles an hour and ended up on the rooftops of Helsinki, and in addition to the destuction of 15 million other trees the English town of Sevenoaks became Oneoak overnight!
christianpfc (July 29th, 2018), Jellybean (July 22nd, 2018)
Apparently the royal households are crawling with old queens, the most famous of which was Backstairs Billy. It is rumoured that the Queen Mother enjoyed a drink or two each evening to be served precisely at 6.00 p.m. One evening, it was late becuase those below stairs were having a gossip and bitchfest. She went to the door at the top of the stairs and shouted down to them, "When you old queens are quite finished down there, this old queen could do with a drink!"
I enjoyed reading your post, poshglasgow. It reminded me of the strange case of Austin Mitchell MP, the British Member of Parliament who changed his surname to Haddock.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2290283.stmA Labour MP has changed his name in an attempt to encourage people to eat more fish.
Austin Mitchell will, from Friday, be known as Austin Haddock in honour of National Seafood Week.
The economy of Mr Haddock's constituency of Great Grimsby is heavily dependent on fishing and he hopes his name change boost trade for local trawlermen.
He has, however, admitted that he may revert to his given name because his family think he is "mad".
The MP wants people to eat haddock
The idea for the stunt came from Young's Seafood, a major employer in Mr Haddock's constituency, but it has already led to some mickey-taking.
paborn (July 22nd, 2018), poshglasgow (July 22nd, 2018)
See, it's not just my fellow Americans who are beyond nuts....
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The winner of the U.S Presidential election gets to meet Donald Trump.
paborn (July 22nd, 2018)
I read that Trump's friend, the owner of the National Enquirer, has a family name of "Pecker". Given the slang meaning of the word ...
Is it a case of nominative determinism? Perhaps not quite
poshglasgow (July 30th, 2018)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...-west-44846416
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