Today Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great grandmother's record of 23,226 days to become to longest reigning British monarch in history. Splice the mainbrace with a bumper toast!
I wonder; in a hundred years time will wargamers be playing ESF genre games?
I think there are some things in which Queen Victoria cannot be eclipsed.
Long Live the Queen!
Am fairly sure that that the Queens grandmother is not Queen Victoria. She's a bit further back down the family line.
ReplyDeleteGood pickup. ERII is the great-great granddaughter of VR:
ReplyDeleteElizabeth's father was George VI.
George VI's father was George V, Elizabeth's grandfather.
George V's father was Edward VII, Elizabeth's great grandfather.
Edward VII's mother was Queen Victoria, Elizabeth's great great grandmother.
Well fixed.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that officially speaking the Queen is only Queen Elizabeth I in Scotland?
ReplyDeleteThe other Queen Elizabeth was queen in England only.
Interesting, I did not. I did know though that she has different titles in different parts of the Commonwealth.
ReplyDeleteIn Australia her title is officially "Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth"
And there was me thinking you were an American.
ReplyDeleteAre you?
Proud Antipodean loyal to the Crown with two decades of uniformed service and counting!
ReplyDelete(Raises glass) The Queen! Gawd bless 'er!
ReplyDeleteGoggle+ says you are in Newport, Rhode Island.
ReplyDeleteTemporary duty only - back home for Christmas.
ReplyDeleteToo much snow on this side of the Equator!
Here, here! God save the Queen.
ReplyDeleteHuzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! Three cheers for Her Majesty!
ReplyDeleteMy next again next door neighbour is just back from 4 weeks working in Australia.
ReplyDeleteHe's a ski coach.
There must be some snow down under somewhere.
Its there, but you have to go looking for it.
ReplyDeleteIt generally doesn't come home delivery :-)
Last time we had snow here, about 10 years ago, we had about 2 inches which shut down the whole country. I bought a snow shovel and haven't used it yet.
ReplyDeleteWe generally don't get home delivery either.