[SOC] Re: [Sidebar] OZ RuleZ

[Paul Bartlett]

It was meant as a joke.

Having been subjected to seven years of English public school education I
have had a substantial amount of English history rammed down my throat.

Nothing beats '1066 and All That' though.

If you've endured an English education and have never heard of it then
search it out.

"The peasants are revolting."

P ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carlos J Caro" <ccaro3 at juno.com>
To: <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 5:30 AM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Re: [Sidebar] OZ RuleZ


>
> On Sun, 23 May 2004 12:11:04 +0100 "Paul Bartlett"
> <paul at fulking.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
> > Is that Australian or Austrian?
> >
> > I thought they were German anyway.
> >
> > Paul ;-)
> >
> The present Royal family of Gt Britain was originally the house of
> Sax-Coburg and Gotha (Germany) when Edward VII was coronated.
> His son George V changed it to Windsor on July 17, 1917 due to
> a very high anti-German sentiment amongst the British during the
> first world war. The ruling house of Gt Britain prior to that was
> the House of Hanover starting with George I who could not
> speak any English so the whole court had to learn German. He
> begat George II who begat George III who was kind enough to
> grant us our independence. The George's also helped to populate
> Australia so it all worked out for the best for many of us.
>
> Regards,
>
> Carlos
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