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To: TonyRo76
TonyRo76 wrote: What have the Windsors ever done that hasn't tarnished the monarchy? Sheesh.

George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the present queen's mother) did the monarchy proud during WW II in general and The Blitz in particular.

21 posted on 02/26/2005 8:53:47 PM PST by quidnunc (Omnis Gaul delenda est)
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To: quidnunc

The Present Queen's mother was also a Queen Elizabeth? How is the current Queen then not Queen Elizabeth III?


23 posted on 02/26/2005 8:55:47 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: quidnunc
"...George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the present queen's mother) did the monarchy proud during WW II in general and The Blitz in particular..."

That was their role to play in WWII. But we should never forget that the former King Edward VIII was a good buddy of that ugly austrian with that funny mustache:

With Adolf Hitler on the Berghof 1937

Prince Harry just seems to keep up with some of the old family traditions...


72 posted on 02/26/2005 11:04:02 PM PST by Atlantic Bridge (Quis, quid, ubi, quibus auxilius, cur, quomodo, quando?)
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