He was born to a half Scottish mother and his claim to the throne ultimately rests on descent from a Scottish monarch.
Nimueh has a lot to answer for.
IIRC, this was subject to a lawsuit as the Scots felt that Elizabeth II should not be “the Second”, at least in Scotland, and her cypher was defaced on mailboxes in Scotland. A judge ruled that the regnal number chosen was a royal prerogative. So Charles could have chosen Charles XVIIII if he wanted to (legally).
To be fair, Elizabeth I wasn’t the Queen of Scotland during her reign, Mary Queen of Scots was. And then James VI was King.
Of course Elizabeth is descended from……Mary.
Yes. I didn’t put that in my post but that is the reason the Scots gave.
Huh? Elizabeth I was born in 1533. Mary Queen of Scots was born in 1542.
Elizabeth II
And Mary was descended from Henry VII through his daughter Margaret Tudor.
Well, you say a half-Scottish mother. But his “Scottish” grandmother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons, was born in London. Both of her parents were born in England, and I think all four of her grandparents.
I think one of Charles’s 32 great-great-great grandparents was born in Scotland.
Charles’s great-grandfather had a Scottish title, he went to high school in Scotland and his family has long has a Scottish holiday home. Those are probably his strongest claims to Scottishness.
That, and he looks so damned good in a kilt. Oh, and now, like his mother, he’s awoken by a bagpiper each morning.
I would not complain about this as my alarm clock.
My neighbors might.
Edit: i used to take lunch break at an open air mall near my office and somewhere up in the multistory buildings that surrounded it, someone was using his/her lunchbreak to practice bagpipes.
I loved it.
Definition of a gentleman: A man who can play the bagpipes, but doesn’t.
Hope this doesn’t become a habit.
There’s always one (I take it they mean metaphorical, verbal vitriol)
The egging or the arresting?
Either. But the latter I think necessarily follows the former.
Will he adopt the John Prescott approach to eggs?
Helmut Kohl tried the same in 1991, but was held back by his security.
I’m sure Jean Chrétien would be ready to give tips to His Majesty:
They don’t appear at all happy to see him.