I saw a serious documentary on T.V. last week which stated that one of our medieval king’s - Edward IV was supposedly illegitimate - thus none of our current royal family has any right to the throne , and instead a guy who emigrated to Australia in 1960 is supposedly our rightful king …………………………….
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/britains-real-monarch
Hmmm …………revelation upon revelation………………
The documentary as a whole , seemed to be well researched and presented - I do admit - but like most programs of this type , the real problem was the omission of glaring historical facts to prove its own sensationalist point .
Ok - hands up all those who remember the ye olde Norman Conquest of England in 1066… by the ze evil Norman French ………………BOO………HISSSS….:)
Just in case you don’t know , this being the self same - Norman Conquest which totally and utterly usurped any legitimate English born royals , by force of
arms , and this was 100’s of years before the reign of Edward IV .
Then of course who can forget - 1688 , when the officials of the time - subsequently - invited the Dutch royal family to rule over us …………………..
( The royal in question being William of Orange / 111 of England , who had a claim to the throne by marriage , but he was still deposing a “legitimate” king - in
doing so.) .
So where does that leave us - other than in a mess - as usual :)
Well - I suppose this does historically prove our current royals have no right to the throne , without using the hear say of illegitimacy , but then again , neither does our Australian friend ……………… come to think of it ......................oh dear ……..:)
……..errrrrrrr……………ok……………errrrrrrrrr……………….
………did I ever tell you the story of me being related to some maniac who sits on the shoreline on his throne * , and additionally my own amazing wave stopping abilities…………..
……………oh yeah - i can burn cakes quiet well too **………:)
……………………no ………………..
…………………probably just as well …………….. :)
( * King Canute - tried to command the waves , ** Alfred the Great - allegedly burnt some poor woman’s cakes - they were both pre Norman Kings of England )
