On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 14:41:33 -0400, 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.
>

No need for the use of "Von," as it is more of the title part of it
all.

Victoria married Albert and the two of them proceeded to shower the
royalty of Europe with that heritage and a bit of hemophilia.