# Pin-up calendar of monarchs - who would be in it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-up-calendar-of-monarchs-who-would-be-in-it/546173 "2010-07-10T00:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-up-calendar-of-monarchs-who-would-be-in-it/546173/21 "2010-07-10T19:53:02Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > The kings are smart, the queens are good-looking… …and all the princes/princesses are above average. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-up-calendar-of-monarchs-who-would-be-in-it/546173/22 "2010-07-11T14:03:50Z")
Catherine the Great – because she had sex with a horse. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-up-calendar-of-monarchs-who-would-be-in-it/546173/23 "2010-07-11T14:42:25Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > And his elder sister, the heir to the throne, is also pretty easy on the eyes. > > [Crown Princess Victoria](http://www.biocrawler.com/w/images/3/3f/Victoria,_Crown_Princess_of_Sweden.jpg) Dude, the Crown Princess is the \*least \*attractive of the ridiculously gorgeus bunch of Swedish royal brats. [Meet her kid sister, the Princess Madeleine.](http://i25.tinypic.com/t5pvrk.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sandra\_Battye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sandra_battye/32/552_2.png) [@Sandra\_Battye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandra_Battye)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-up-calendar-of-monarchs-who-would-be-in-it/546173/24 "2010-07-14T03:38:00Z")
_Inside the Body of Henry VIII_ (NatGeo) has a [portrait](http://talesofcuriosity.com/v/HenrysWives/i/HenryVIII-c.jpg) they show repeatedly. He was about 30 when it was painted. At his peak, he was pretty handsome by all accounts. At 18 or 45- not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-up-calendar-of-monarchs-who-would-be-in-it/546173/25 "2010-07-14T03:55:02Z")
What, no Cleopatra, Nefertiti and Mumtaz Mahal? ---
**Author:** ![Snite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Snite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snite)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-up-calendar-of-monarchs-who-would-be-in-it/546173/26 "2010-07-14T05:43:31Z")
The reconstruction of Nerftiti shows she was pretty hot [IMHO](http://aleeda.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/nefertiti.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-up-calendar-of-monarchs-who-would-be-in-it/546173/27 "2010-07-15T21:14:37Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > And his elder sister, the heir to the throne, is also pretty easy on the eyes. > > Crown Princess Victoria. Show of hands. How many people clicked on the link expecting [this](http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=crown+victoria&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=)? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-up-calendar-of-monarchs-who-would-be-in-it/546173/28 "2010-07-15T21:59:19Z")
> [@Snite](#): > > The reconstruction of Nerftiti shows she was pretty hot [IMHO](http://aleeda.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/nefertiti.jpg). Hey, it’s Grace Jones! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-up-calendar-of-monarchs-who-would-be-in-it/546173.md?page=1)