Interesting piece of history.
'Rightful heir' to British monarchy dies in Australia - Yahoo! News
Rightful heir' to British monarchy dies in Australia
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Rightful heir' to British monarchy dies in Australia
Lon;1398371 wrote: Interesting piece of history.
'Rightful heir' to British monarchy dies in Australia - Yahoo! News
I just read this. Sounds like "Game of Thrones". A HBO series.
'Rightful heir' to British monarchy dies in Australia - Yahoo! News
I just read this. Sounds like "Game of Thrones". A HBO series.
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Rightful heir' to British monarchy dies in Australia
I admire Mike Hastings' level-headed view of monarchy "citing the intense public scrutiny endured by the royals". The new Earl of Loudoun has a worthy example to follow.
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
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Rightful heir' to British monarchy dies in Australia
I remember a tv prog where Tony Robinson tracked him down somewhere in deepest, darkest Australia. He apparently had no idea and roared with laughter when told. Seemed a thoroughly decent bloke.
The crowd: "Yes! We are all individuals!"
Lone voice: "I'm not."
Lone voice: "I'm not."