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On 2021-03-24 1:51 p.m., Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:25:16 -0600, Graham > wrote:
>
>> On 2021-03-24 12:02 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
>>>

>> The satirical magazine "Private Eye" once had a cover photo of the Queen
>> on a state visit to Germany. She was inspecting a guard of honour and
>> the caption read:
>> "Hello, Cousin Fritz, Hello, Uncle Hermann, Hello Cousin Wlilhelm........"

>
> Lol. Was it the mother of the current queen who actually had a German
> accent in her English?
>

I think her grandmother was a foreigner. But really, I don't give a damn!