43 Elephants wrote:
> Steve Walker wrote:
>> Gaz wrote:
>>> 43 Elephants wrote:
>>>> Baldoni wrote:
>>>>> Could the heir to the throne marry a non European. Or rather
>>>>> would he be *allowed* to marry anyone other than a European. Would it
>>>>> be possible for the heir to the British crown to marry a
>>>>> black person ?
>>>> Sorry only Krouts and Dagos.
>>> Queen Elizabeth was born in London, her mother was born in London,
>>> her mothers father was born in London, her mothers mothers was also
>>> born in london, her father was born in Norfolk, his father was born
>>> in london and his mother was born in London.
>>>
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Windsor
>> " By virtue of Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert of
>> Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, son of Duke Ernst I of the small German duchy
>> of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, her descendants were members of the ducal
>> family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha with the house name of Wettin.
>> Victoria's son Edward VII and his son George V reigned as members of
>> this house. However, high anti-German feeling among the people during
>> World War I
>> prompted the Royal Family to abandon all titles held under the
>> German crown and to change German-sounding titles and house names
>> for English-sounding versions. On 17 July, 1917, a royal
>> proclamation by George V provided that all agnatic descendants of
>> Queen Victoria would be members of the House of Windsor with the
>> personal surname of Windsor. The name Windsor has a long association
>> with English royalty through the town of Windsor and Windsor Castle.
>> "
>
> So although born in Norway if I change my name to
> Westminster bridge it will make me English?
If your mother was English, and your father was English, and both of their
mothers and fathers were English, yes it would make you English.
Gaz
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