Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Max

You know what it's like, dear reader. You're looking at Wikipedia. The USA Presidential line of succession. Before you know where you are, you're looking at Sassenachs, Lorna Luft and then Prince Max! I don't know how I got to him, but I did.

And ain't he spooky, dearie?

If we'd hung on to our Catholic King James VII and II, we'd now have wee Max as our King!

As if Liz wasn't German enough. What do these people want with us?

By the way, dear reader, did you know that Prince Charles' surname should actually be Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Charlie Wales? Shall I start calling myself Minge Edinburgh? Are all members of the Royal Family loonies or just most of them?

Btw - take a look at this jolly gallery. It is quite fabulous. I love thinking about what might have been, what could have been and what should have been. Most importantly, what should not have been. Do you ever think about any of these things, dear reader?

Btw - I got it totally wrong, this guy, Max's Father, would be King. Apparently.

7 comments:

RIC said...

Why did you British invite a German prince to become your king in the first place?! And now you complain, huh? So sorry...
All that family had to do was to change that German/Danish name to... Windsor, and the origins were forgotten.
Just btw, if they happened to come from anywhere else, would it be okay?... I wonder...

Minge said...

I'm only joking, Ric. I think the monarchy is totally irrelevant. I don't care where they're from or where they're going.

We invited a German to become King here in the 18th Century because he was the nearest protestant relative of the queen who'd just died (that's the simple version) and they loved to marry Germans ever since then.

I think it's hilarious!

RIC said...

You do, don't you?... So you know as well they kept their German name until WW1, don't you? How British is that?

Minge said...

I know! They only changed it because of anti-German feeling. What a shame Victoria didn't marry a Japanese gentleman or a Native American. At least they'd now have an interesting surname.

RIC said...

You're absolutely unpredictable, Minge! When I'm preparing myself for a discussion on History, you just «unarm» me and start me laughing as a madman... Japanese gentleman? native American? Victoria? OmG, I must go to the loo straight away... (Lol!)

Minge said...

Yellow or brown?

RIC said...

Unbelievable... Appalling... Shame on you!...