Prince Philip has died

Re:Prince Philip has died by bidirectional on Friday April 09, 2021 @08:16AM (#26749547)

Not at all in the case of Elizabeth II. She holds the throne because parliament gave it to her ancestor, George I, to avoid a Catholic inheriting the throne.

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Re:Prince Philip has died by Grustaf on Friday April 09, 2021 @09:47AM (#26750510)

Well, George I was born a duke of the Holy Roman Empire and a relative of the queen, so it's not like the picked someone off the streets.

Besides, to a modern democrat, what could be more legitimate that receiving something from parliament?

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Re:Prince Philip has died by baybal2 on Friday April 09, 2021 @08:38AM (#26749758)

Yes, another tidbit, UK barely avoided getting a German monarch by 2 years. Otherwise they may have ended with a Prussian on the throne

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Re:Prince Philip has died by cygx on Friday April 09, 2021 @08:57AM (#26749951)

Instead, the heir now descends from the houses Battenberg ('Mountbatten') and Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha ('Windsor')...

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Re:Prince Philip has died by Grustaf on Friday April 09, 2021 @09:43AM (#26750455)

Surely George I _was_ German?

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