Saxe-Coberg-Gotha, the Queens real surname. :balloon2:
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Saxe-Coberg-Gotha, the Queens real surname. :balloon2:
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Originally Posted by Duke Malcolm
Why do you hate freedom? :laugh4:
same as our royal family (though we have 'van' (from) in front I think)Quote:
Originally Posted by InsaneApache
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Originally Posted by Taffy_is_a_Taff
Not for "Arson in her Majesty's ship yards" and "Piracy on the high sees."
Actually the Queen's real surname is Mountbatton, but she got all new-agey on Philip.
Regardless they're all Germans.
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Originally Posted by Wigferth Ironwall
I honestly thought they got rid of all capital punishment.
realy? but they wouldn't execute anyone suuuurely?
I'd be shocked if they did, even if somebody started a fire in a dockyard/indulged in piracy were the old laws still in place. However, I don't think they are even technically allowed to consider it anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Byzantine Mercenary
Taffy is right and goes to the head of the class. Capital punishment for trason and piracy with violence, the last two capital offences, was abolished in 1998 under the Crime and Disorder Act.
In 1999 the UK signed sixth protocol of the European Convention of Human Rights which formally abrogates any right the state might have claimed to reintroduce any capital punishment.
[lawyer off]
Battenburg, Philip's name was Battenburg but was changed to Mountbatten.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wigferth Ironwall
Isn't it Saxe-Coburg-Gotha?Quote:
Originally Posted by InsaneApache
If it is, then I stand corrected. :bow:
Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven changed the family surname from Battenberg to Mountbatten in 1917 to distance himself from the enemy. Obviously this was before Philip was born, but his family surname was Battenberg.Quote:
Battenburg, Philip's name was Battenburg but was changed to Mountbatten.
I like battenburg, especially the marzipan. With a cup of tea of course.