Comments on: German Duke Franz Herzog von Bayern Is Rightful King Of England

By: Richmond Mathewson

Richmond Mathewson — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:26:16 +0000

The present “Royal” family; Princess Philip (or “Queen Elizabeth”) and Co. are powerless because the countries that compose Britain have become a republic in all but name. Unlike Charles, King Francis is educated and doesn’t shag around all over the place. I would be much happier with either a proper monarchy (i.e. one where the monarch has some power and uses it) or a proper republic, rather than the silly state that exists at the moment. The only way for there to be a proper monarchy is to pension the Windsors off and replace them with a family that is not deeply compromised, apart from the glaringly obvious fact that the house of Hanover are just puppets for enforcing Protestant hegemony.

By: JasonB

JasonB — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:28:26 +0000

Though really it doesn’t matter who the Real king and queen are or where they are from as pretty soon Britain will ABOLISH the monarchy. And that day cant come soon enough.

By: DuncanR

DuncanR — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:18:28 +0000

28 - Peter Mac

‘And my friend Edward Llwellyn-Jones also lays claim to the throne of Scotland.’

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Tell him he’s behind me in the queue !

By: JuneJohnson

JuneJohnson — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:10:00 +0000

Exactly so, bring back the Plantagenets

By: PeterMac

PeterMac — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:06:25 +0000

And Battenberg became Mountbatten at the same time. But why stop at this particular point in history.
If Richard III had not died at Bosworth and Henry Tudor had not taken over, who would now be King ? And if Harold had not died at Hastings …
And my friend Edward Llwellyn-Jones also lays claim to the throne of Scotland.

By: William Porquet

William Porquet — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:57:59 +0000

“There is no more chance of a German sitting on the English thrown as there is of the King of England being a adulterous divorcee…”

THRONE.

(F) see me after class

By: Harvey Birdman

Harvey Birdman — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:10:40 +0000

Will Franz Herzog von Bayern accept the English throne?
Will the glorious German people be compensated for the wrongs committed against them by the heinous English?
Will Charles enter Camilla in the Kentucky Derby?
Will she win by 3 lengths?
Stay tuned….

By: lyn

lyn — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:22:41 +0000

Must add also, that Queen Victoria’s genealogy is really not all that substantiated!

By: lyn

lyn — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:19:16 +0000

The real King of England is indeed in Australia, living in the bush, well, lovely country town. He didn’t say anything about it until someone found out. It is believed the royal family pay visits every now and then, but this person has no plans to challenge the current monarchy.

By: JoJo

JoJo — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:53:21 +0000

@ Sir Rup of Maple: And have you taken a look at any Brits lately?? Think: DENTIST!

By: Slightly smarter American

Slightly smarter American — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:03:21 +0000

Sounds like the Jacobites are at it again. Now people can talk about the ‘15, the ‘45, and the ‘08.

By: raul

raul — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:10:43 +0000

Yes, well, because we know how well it turned out the last time the Germans wanted to visit London.

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:08:11 +0000

And, if only to make matters more complicated, we’re all assuming that a German would move to the British Crown.

There are quite a few Celts who have an even greater claim to the Throne: O’Donnells (e.g. Kevin), O’Doughertys (e.g. Michael Scott), O’Neils (e.g. Sean or Thomas) and, of course, several Stewarts with various and sundry reasons for being included.

At day’s end, I firmly believe that, unless Monarchs are willing to resume their traditional role as protectors of their Subjects, stewards of the land (”The Land is the King and The King is the Land”) and the defenders of human rights, Monarchy in this world will likely end with the present Monarchy of Nepal (No, the Middle Eastern Monarchs don’t really count. They were made Kings by Edward and George).

In short, it is entirely possible that map makers will soon have to change from the “United Kingdom” to the “Republic of Britain”.

“The King is dead; long live the King”

By: Sum Dum American

Sum Dum American — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:05:41 +0000

Royalty has been out of date since Napoleon marched all over the continent of Europe, proving once and for all that kings are pointless wastes of air, time and sociopolitical resources. If you think a king is anything more than a parasite on your society, you are a serf, a mental and social slave to an anarchistic system of political favoritism, genetical elitism and, in most cases, abject racism. Is it merely coincidence that the king of England hails from the land that spawned the modern archetype of racism?

Every Man a King - Huey Long

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:14:05 +0000

Honestly, what difference does it make. Should ANYONE really be recognized as “royalty” in this day and age? I don’t know of a monarchy has any real power in other countries, but it seems like the British “royalty” are a politically powerless waste of taxpayer money.

By: Squire Duane of Canada Eh

Squire Duane of Canada Eh — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:27:05 +0000

Sir Rup,

Mayhaps that’s the reason Charles likes Camilla?

She’s quite the mare…

By: George Hanover

George Hanover — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:06:58 +0000

Umm, Ric, my good fellow:

Although you are technically correct about the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha business, you seem to have overlooked the part where the English kings became German long before Victoria married her Herr. Even if She had been a He, I daresay that the surname Hanover may not have been any more confidence inspiring than the rousing S-C-G.

Besides all that, I rather doubt that a German with Scottish ancestors would make the govt anymore foreign than it already is. What, what?

By: Dan Gambiera

Dan Gambiera — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:50:36 +0000

That will certainly cause problems for British football supporters who will have to vigorously rub all five synapses together to come up with songs like “Rule Germania”, “G-d Save our Gracious Kaiser” and “If you lost the War but sit on the Throne Stand Up”.

By: Sir Rup of Maple

Sir Rup of Maple — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:49:00 +0000

What do you expect from a long line of inbred Germans? Have you seen some of the family portraits?
Horses have better profiles.

By: aelfheld

aelfheld — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:27:51 +0000

Patrick, think Prince Charles, not Henry Tudor.

ric, it was World War I, not World War II, when the House of Wettin, Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, was renamed Windsor.