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Thread #90879 Message #1725512
Posted By: Jim McLean
23-Apr-06 - 04:14 PM
Thread Name: Elizabeth I - the movie
Subject: RE: Folklore: Elizabeth I - the movie
Nigel, the monarchy has always taken English numeracy since the Union of The Crowns, how else can you explain William the 3rd, William the 4th, Edward the 7th and Edward the 8th, not to mention the present Queen Elizabeth 2nd. One always talks of James (whatever) of Scotland but never Henry (whatever), Richard (whatever) or Elizabeth of England, the assuption being that the words 'of England' is understood. This causes the confusion that England = Britain and ultimately deprives the English of the 'Englishness' that most English, rightly so in my opinion, deserve.