I think , generally speaking, there was - certainly in the past - a fairy limited gene pool amongst the royal families of Europe.
George III's 'madness' was put down to a dodgy mix of genes.
I read the news today oh boy! Page 2,462
Quote: Lazzard @ 9th September 2022, 6:01 PMI think , generally speaking, there was - certainly in the past - a fairy limited gene pool amongst the royal families of Europe.
George III's 'madness' was put down to a dodgy mix of genes.
I believe now it's considered to have been more likely that he was bipolar.
So your going back to the 1760,s to have a snipe...
What are you on about?
I'm sure she'd've done the same for him. Jesus Christ, what the f**k is wrong with him these days? It's like Yoko asking to suck off Mark David Chapman https://www.facebook.com/100044445665999/posts/625465065611677/?app=fbl
Quote: Billy Bunter @ 9th September 2022, 8:21 AMAnd not sure why anyone thinks it would be any cheaper anyway, given the residences and forms of transport that presidents seem to enjoy (see France and the USA amongst others) without the advantage of their attracting tourism.
I've been trying to tell people that for ages...
Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ 9th September 2022, 6:58 PMSo your going back to the 1760,s to have a snipe...
Weren't Elizabeth and her husband cousins of some sort?
Quote: Michael Monkhouse @ 9th September 2022, 8:13 PMI'm sure she'd've done the same for him. Jesus Christ, what the f**k is wrong with him these days? It's like Yoko asking to suck off Mark David Chapman https://www.facebook.com/100044445665999/posts/625465065611677/?app=fbl
We knew he was honest!
Quote: Aaron @ 9th September 2022, 6:46 PMI believe now it's considered to have been more likely that he was bipolar.
Which is a highly hereditary condition apparently. Interbreeding has caused many a malady in royal families, our own most common one is that the women all seem to look like horses, and we all know their love of horses, so something's been going on in the royal stables they've not been telling us.
So King Charles says he's going to stay out of politics now. There'll be a lot of business people out there who've had big deals and plans shelved by him that'll be thinking that's a bit too late. He will never get the level of admiration his Mum got.
I see the wasters in the Houses of Parliament and leeches in the House of Lords are making rare appearances on a Saturday, but that's OK ain't it, for their expenses - I expect each peer will be getting £500 a piece, instead of the usual £350 appearance fee.
Quote: DaButt @ 9th September 2022, 10:46 PMWeren't Elizabeth and her husband cousins of some sort?
Third cousins
Quote: Aaron @ 9th September 2022, 6:46 PMI believe now it's considered to have been more likely that he was bipolar.
I think the jury's out on that.
The porphyria diagnosis (a genetic blood disorder) was popular for a while, them bi-polar took over.
Since then they have found evidence of arsenic in his system - which could indicate a blood disorder like porphyria - or could have come from some bonkers medicine they were giving him.
Quote: Lazzard @ 10th September 2022, 10:53 AMThird cousins
I think the jury's out on that.
The porphyria diagnosis (a genetic blood disorder) was popular for a while, them bi-polar took over.
Since then they have found evidence of arsenic in his system - which could indicate a blood disorder like porphyria - or could have come from some bonkers medicine they were giving him.
The Queen and Philip were born in the 1920s. Both were descended from Queen Victoria who died in 1901.
Watching them take The Queen's coffin from Balmoral to Edinburgh (175 miles!) by car (in a Mercedes hearse no Roller available?!) and it is escorted by SIX other vehicles.+ police motorbike.
So, Princess Anne is accompanying her mother, in presumable the maroon Bentley State Limousine and one vehicle with armed police - so why the other four vehicles?
Corgis?
What, one in each car?