On 3/24/2021 2:41 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-03-24 2:02 p.m., Bruce wrote:
>> On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:45:25 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/23/2021 8:27 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 20:54:43 -0300, Lucretia Borgia
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In actual fact I think he has done an unenviable job pretty well. He
>>>>> is not a dumbo and people who know him, who live near him in Glos,
>>>>> generally rate him as a nice person.
>>>>
>>>> Which job? Cheating on his wife?
>>>
>>> The guy doesn't impress me. The Queen is certainly on borrowed time now
>>> and Charles is next in line. Personally, I'd like to see him pass the
>>> title on to his eldest son.
>>>
>>> Not that a Usain opinion matters at all.
>>
>> Having seen the Crown: the English monarchy is a ruthless
>> organisation. They're German, by the way. It's not really the House of
>> Windsor. It's the House of Saksen-Coburg. They changed their name
>> because of the war. So even after the Brexit, they're still ruled by
>> Germans
>
> Mountbatten is an Anglo version of Phillip's real name, Von Battenburg.
>
>
I'm pretty sure the Queen knew that when she married him.

Jill