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Captain_Fil
Joined: 06 Jan 2011 Posts: 604 Location: California - the land of fruits and nuts
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Kate Middleton will someday be Queen of England. Long live Queen Catherine!
But we will have to first endure Queen Camilla.
It is sad that Princess Di never became queen. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Question of the Day:
Since a king rules over a kingdom, why doesn't a queen reign over a queendom?
Regards,
John
P.S. My goodness - there actually IS such a word:
queen�dom
[kween-duhm] Show IPA
�noun
1.
the position or status of a queen.
2.
the realm of a queen.
Origin:
1600�10; queen + -dom
I don't think I've ever seen it used, though. |
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Captain_Fil
Joined: 06 Jan 2011 Posts: 604 Location: California - the land of fruits and nuts
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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Another Question of the Day:
When a King marries, his spouse becomes his Queen.
When a Queen marries, her spouse becomes her consort but not her King.
Why?
Regards,
CF |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 12:13 am Post subject: |
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Dear Captain_Fil,
It's all about "keeping it in the family," I imagine. If the Queen dies, the Royal Family wouldn't want an "outsider" (the "consort") to ascend the throne.
Regards,
John |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 9:36 am Post subject: |
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Dear Johnslat
But most of the times the consort is no outsider. It has been kept well in the family for centuries. what others call in-breeding, the royals call 'lineage'...
Perhaps the Dubliners can put an end to it and start the revolution?
Sigh! One can dream.... |
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Captain_Fil
Joined: 06 Jan 2011 Posts: 604 Location: California - the land of fruits and nuts
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Sashadroogie wrote: |
Dear Johnslat
But most of the times the consort is no outsider. It has been kept well in the family for centuries. what others call in-breeding, the royals call 'lineage'...
Perhaps the Dubliners can put an end to it and start the revolution?
Sigh! One can dream.... |
Just like what happened to the Romanov family?
Of course.
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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Close relatives to the privileged tyrants in the UK. Different destinies though.
Dreaming and dreaming of the day.... |
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 6:18 am Post subject: |
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Nearer to home, remember what happened to Louis Mountbatten. |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 6:44 am Post subject: |
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Ill-fated yachting trip... those were the days of revolutionary zeal, sigh. |
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