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Disgraced Andrew insists royal staff call him 'sir' and fetch beer (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

While I appreciate the sentiment, I wouldn't want future archaeologists to waste time trying to identify the nonce. Carve his name and crimes on his bones before he's buried in an unmarked grave

Edit: also Saxon? I thought the British royals were descendents of Charlemagne, who famously killed the Saxons.

https://youtu.be/R3Hk_u578s8

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Sir Christopher Lee was descended from Charlemagne more closely than most, but the British Royal family is just a branch of the Von Hohenzollerns having renamed themselves after due to political reasons. Also I was using the term Saxon as a reference to southern England which was settle by the Saxon tribes while northern England was settled largely by the Anglo tribes.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Thanks!