Month: October 2016
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Queen Windsor Manoeuvres to Keep Top Job in Family
Elizabeth Windsor, the UK’s feudal head of state, has been making behind-the-scenes moves to have her position as head of the British Commonwealth automatically transferred to her son Charles on her death. Mr Windsor is widely regarded as eccentric and lacking in talent. The “British Commonwealth” is a group of mostly former British Empire colonies.…
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Tories Want £120m Yacht for Windsors
According to the monarchist Telegraph newspaper about 100 Conservative Party legislators, about a third of Conservative MPs, believe that £120m should be spent to buy a new yacht for the Windsor family. Some of the money would be taken from the overseas aid budget. The newspaper quoted former defence minister Gerald Howarth as asking why…