Heid the Ba' wrote:Anyone heard from HD lately?
The Dutch Royal Family was also one of seven European royal houses remaining in existence.
MM_Dandy wrote:Ok. Now I'm curious - when was the last unsuccessful invasion of England?
Lianachan wrote:It depends on how you would define an invasion, really.
Мастер wrote:Lianachan wrote:It depends on how you would define an invasion, really.
A lot of them claim England is being invaded now . . .
Heid the Ba' wrote: "The Glorious Revolution was neither. Discuss."
tubeswell wrote:The english, after having gotten over Crumbwellians were then sadly let down by the debauchery of the restored Stuarts, and so opted to hand over their kingship to a foreign ruler, instead of waiting to be conquered by one yet again. They picked the Danes (who had a track record of conquering the British Isles anyway) because they wanted to stiff arm the pope. This is what happens if your country is repeatedly invaded by foreign lord - i.e.; just give up and hand over the keys to the conqueror of your choosing.
So are we to take it from this that the brits are now eyeing up another Danish king for the next job in the UK?
Heid the Ba' wrote:Was there not a French landing in Wales during the Napoleonic Wars? Germans in the Channel Islands? Ok not England or UK but still us in the wider sense.
Heid the Ba' wrote:My favourite exam question at university was : "The Glorious Revolution was neither. Discuss."
Heid the Ba' wrote:I was thinking of the French raid on Fishguard in 1797.
Heid the Ba' wrote:Tradition dictates we should get this lad over.
Heid the Ba' wrote:Anyone heard from HD lately?
Мастер wrote:Heid the Ba' wrote:Anyone heard from HD lately?
Perhaps this is why he hasn't been around much, he's had to see to this :)
Мастер wrote:Then it seems a later monarchical line reset the numbers, and we had another William III.
Мастер wrote:tubeswell wrote:So are we to take it from this that the brits are now eyeing up another Danish king for the next job in the UK?
So, Halcyon Dayz, how do you like being Danish?
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