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Captain_Fil



Joined: 06 Jan 2011
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Location: California - the land of fruits and nuts

PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 5:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kate Middleton will someday be Queen of England. Long live Queen Catherine! Very Happy

But we will have to first endure Queen Camilla. Shocked

It is sad that Princess Di never became queen. Sad
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johnslat



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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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



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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 11:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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?
Confused

Regards,
CF
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johnslat



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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2011 12:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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



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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2011 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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



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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2011 12:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.

Twisted Evil
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Sashadroogie



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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2011 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Close relatives to the privileged tyrants in the UK. Different destinies though.

Dreaming and dreaming of the day....
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scot47



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PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2011 6:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nearer to home, remember what happened to Louis Mountbatten.
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Sashadroogie



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PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2011 6:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ill-fated yachting trip... those were the days of revolutionary zeal, sigh.
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