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In reply to the discussion: Britain's new monarch to be known as King Charles III [View all]cab67
(2,992 posts)41. I've always thought George VI should have been Albert I.
The notion that Albert was too "Germanic," when the first King George couldn't even speak English and was part of a line known as the House of Hanover, then the House of Saxe-Coburg, until the UK went to war with Germany, always struck me as silly.
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I don't care what they call her as imo the title should have belonged to Diana.
cstanleytech
Sep 2022
#17
I'm afraid I don't really believe they are "people like everyone." There doesn't seem to be a great
Martin68
Sep 2022
#43
The Post reports that Charles can make her Queen if he wants to. His mother bestowed the title
Martin68
Sep 2022
#44
Unlike pretty much every single Tory in the new government, starting with Liz Truss . . .
hatrack
Sep 2022
#38