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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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