Originally Posted by MontyB

I have never got into English royalty in any way as for the most part they were either bland twonks or sleazy bastards.
Elizabeth I was an interesting character, George III is only interesting for his illnesses and Henry VIII is most notable as being a rival for Trump in humping his way through the female population, any prior to 1100 were mostly Scandinavian, 1100-1400 were French.

The Scandinavians.....It was not our fault the monks at Lindisfarne mysteriously and spontaneously died when the vikings arrived.

William the Conqueror ancestors originated from Scandinavia and they also gave Normandy its name.

Originally Posted by I3BrigPvSk

The Scandinavians.....It was not our fault the monks at Lindisfarne mysteriously and spontaneously died when the vikings arrived.

William the Conqueror ancestors originated from Scandinavia and they also gave Normandy its name.

Perhaps had the Vikings spent less time eating pickled herring the monks could have tolerated the bad breath.

Originally Posted by BritinAfrica

Now you know why I hated English History at school. I didnt understand much of it then, neither do I now. Lets not forget the house of Hanover and Kaiser Bill was the Grandson of Queen Victoria.

To be fair European royalty is so inbred half of Europe's monarchies were related to each other.

I suspect this is why I gravitated to the likes of Bismarck and von Seeckt as I found them very interesting characters in Europe's development.

Originally Posted by MontyB

To be fair European royalty is so inbred half of Europe's monarchies were related to each other.

I suspect this is why I gravitated to the likes of Bismarck and von Seeckt as I found them very interesting characters in Europe's development.

I have to agree, most of them are a bunch of inbreds.

Originally Posted by MontyB

Perhaps had the Vikings spent less time eating pickled herring the monks could have tolerated the bad breath.

Haha, that must be the reason for why the vikings have a bad reputation.

It reminds me of this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-WO73Dh7rY

Originally Posted by BritinAfrica

I have to agree, most of them are a bunch of inbreds.

Be careful, you might end up in the Tower of London for calling your royals a bunch of inbreeds

Originally Posted by I3BrigPvSk

Be careful, you might end up in the Tower of London for calling your royals a bunch of inbreeds

A buddy of mine living in UK reckons they are reptilians, I don't think he's far wrong.

Originally Posted by I3BrigPvSk

Haha, that must be the reason for why the vikings have a bad reputation.

It reminds me of this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-WO73Dh7rY

Hehe that was good.

Funny thing about Germany in 70 years they built a country, took on the world twice and damn near won before they realized it was much easier to buy it.

It is probably why German history interests me more than the rest of Europe, they did in a century what took the rest of Europe two millennia to achieve.

Originally Posted by BritinAfrica

A buddy of mine living in UK reckons they are reptilians, I don't think he's far wrong.

I must say, your Queen doesn't seem to be nice. You must tell your buddy to be careful. The MI 5 Will be looking for him now

Originally Posted by MontyB

Hehe that was good.

Funny thing about Germany in 70 years they built a country, took on the world twice and damn near won before they realized it was much easier to buy it.

It is probably why German history interests me more than the rest of Europe, they did in a century what took the rest of Europe two millennia to achieve.

Yes, that is quite impressive when Germany as a country is in an European context, pretty new. Bismarck played a vital role in the creation of Germany.