And ice cream on mine, please.
Vive le republique, vive la patisserie.
Seriously, the idea that someone should have power simply because of an accident of birth is outmoded and offensive.
I pretty much agree with this but there is more to it than that.
Their ancestors fought and became powerful enough for them to be in that position ever since.
It could have been mine, yours or anyone elses ancestors. But they must of been doing other things with their time??
The House of Windsor fought for the crown? No they didn't. They're a bunch of Germans. And Pip the Greek is descended from the same stock. (Mountbatten is an Anglicised version of Battenburg - a semi-poisonous cake and a noble family in Germany.)
Ohhhhh. You've got me started now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The last British royal family was the Stuarts. They reigned from 1602 to 1714. Their last monarch was Anne.
After 1714 the crown went to a German family - the Hanovers starting with George I. This line continued until Victoria married Albert and the family name became Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The name was only ever used by Edward VII who was on the throne 1901 - 1910. This was a little German-sounding, so George V changed the name in 1917 to a more English-sounding Windsor.
This mob have never fought for the throne. The last person to do that was Charles I - and he was defeated by Cromwell at Worcester.
Enough of the history lesson.
I feel I've earned my cake, when it eventually comes in 2012!!!!
Wally - that was very good! Just one small error - the Stuarts ruled over Britain from 1603, not 1602.
Also there was another fight for the throne when William of Orange (Holland) came over in 1688/9, deposed James 2nd, (who abdicated by fleeing to France and then tried briefly to regain the throne but gave up) married Mary Stuart and they were joint Monarchs. They died without issue and then the crown went to Mary's sister Anne who also had no chidren that survived her and so the throne went to the nearest protestant heirs - the family of Sophia of Hanover.
Yep. You're right about 1603. That was a slip of the finger.
You're also right about James II. But I'd understood it differently. I'd thought that James II ran off to France without a fight shortly after William invaded. He was then declared to have abdicated by Parliament. He then launched an attack via Ireland and was soundly defeated at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. (Aha JRD. remember 1690!!)
Anyway. This isn't really the place to discuss such matters, royalist or republican.
Let's all just look forward to a bank holiday and some of that delicious-sounding cake.