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History Forum / General / British History / April 2006Sea Nemo | Queen of England
Sea Nemo | Queen of England Monarchy Celebrating Queens 80th Birthday http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp According to the official website of the British Monarchy dating back over a thousand years, the monarchy has played an important role in the United Kingdom and the commonwealth. the monarchs web site on the Queen of England has information on modern society, art collections, biographies, a history of kings and queens throughout the ages, background on royal residences, and coverage of recent royal events. If you would like to wish the Queen of England a Happy Birthday then visit the monarchy website at http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page3776.asp Happy 80th Birthday Sea Nemo you can also find the posting area for sending a note to the queen at http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page4821.asp > Sea Nemo | Queen of England > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > of England Wouldn't it be best at least getting her title right? England and Scotland exist as entities but the Kingdom of England hasn't existed for 299 years. She's only the Queen of England in the same way that Bush is President of Arkansas. Allan you should send that information to the monarchy - the queen has a different story... > you should send that information to the monarchy - the queen has a > different story... On the contrary the monarchy only describes itslef as an English monarchy in a historical sense just as they were of course also a Scottish monarchy. If anything they go too much the other way. For instance on their website they talk about the Kings of England and Kings of Scotland until 1603. They then style it as the Kings of the United Kingdom. In fact at that point there was no United Kingdom. Scotland and England simply shared a monarch. James VI & I styled himself King of Great Britain but it was not official. Apart from the Cromwellian interlude the two countries remained seperate Kingdoms until the 1707 Union of Parliaments. Article one of the Act of Union states "the two Kingdoms of England and Scotland shall upon the First day of May which shall be in the year one thousand seven hundred and seven, and for ever after, be united into one Kingdom by the name of Great Britain" Hence as a kingdom England ceased to exist 299 years ago. Just because many Americans who don't seem to know any better, and some English people who certainly should know better, insist on saying Queen of England, it does not make it her title. It is no more her title than Queen of Shropshire is! Allan >> you should send that information to the monarchy - the queen has a >> different story... [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Allan What Royal Standard does she use in Shropshire, Alan :-)) Nothing is forever apparently :-)) http://www.freescotland.com/treaty.html Out of the original 25 Articles of the Treaty, 9 have been wholly repealed by Westminster, and 5 have been materially altered. Jamie > >> you should send that information to the monarchy - the queen has a > >> different story... [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > What Royal Standard does she use in Shropshire, Alan :-)) You got me. I'll admit to being flippant but the point remains that the Kingdoms of Scotland and England no longer exist as seperate kingdoms. They are both constituent parts of a greater whole. > Nothing is forever apparently :-)) > http://www.freescotland.com/treaty.html > Out of the original 25 Articles of the Treaty, 9 have been wholly repealed > by Westminster, and 5 have been materially altered. Totally true of course but we are talking about the reality here and now. There may well be in the future once again a Kingdom of England. Less likely to be a permanent Scottish kingdom IMHO. If the country actually chose to go independent I think the monarchy would go too. Allan > Jamie |
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