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Just think - 167 years of alcohol maturing in fruit cake. One raisin could send you blind. I gotta get me that cake!
Skydragon said:Queen Elizabeth heads to Amsterdam
Amsterdam - Queen Elizabeth will arrive in the Netherlands Monday for a low-key visit to mark the 400th anniversary of Amsterdam's English Reformed Church, the oldest English-speaking congregation outside the United Kingdom.
IOL: Queen Elizabeth heads to Amsterdam
I will cross my fingers for you!kerry said:I was just on the royal website and learned that the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will be in the US for the 400th anniversary settlement of Jamestown. This is great since its only about a 30 minute drive. I think I can swing this.
ysbel said:I don't know if I'd want to look inside the box!
wbenson said:The title won't merge with the crown until the Queen dies. The Prince of Wales will inherit the title. If that's before the Queen dies, he becomes the Duke of Edinburgh (but probably won't use the title). If it's after the Queen dies, it merges with the Crown.
jcbcode99 said:Well, I like that! I always thought that Edward should have received the title of Duke, and Sophie will make a lovely duchess. Thank you for answering my questions.
What titles does Edward hold, anyway?
Janet
BeatrixFan said:If someone dared you to eat a bit would you? I probably would just to say I'd eaten some of Queen Victoria's wedding cake.
Henri M. said:The line of succession for Prince Philip's peerages is: Charles -> William -> Henry -> Andrew -> Edward
The route is as following:
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Prince Philip dies and Queen Elizabeth is still Sovereign:
- Prince Charles will inherit his peerages (and become 2nd Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich)
- When Prince Charles dies before the kingship, his son Prince William will become 3rd Duke of Edinburgh
- When Prince Charles (or Prince William) assumes the Kingship after Queen Elizabeth II, the peerages will revert to the Crown.
It is solely upon His Majesty's pleasure to create a new Dukedom for Prince Edward, if he wishes so. Prince Edward will then become the 1st Duke of Edinburgh (of the new creation). Because he has no male heirs, it will again revert to the Crown after Prince Edward's death
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Prince Philip dies and King Charles is Sovereign:
His eldest son, The King, will inherit his peerages but these will merge with the Crown.
It is solely upon His Majesty's pleasure to create a new Dukedom for Prince Edward, if he wishes so. Prince Edward will then become the 1st Duke of Edinburgh (of the new creation). Because he has no male heirs, it will again revert to the Crown after Prince Edward's death
love_cc said:I am thinking about the same thing about Countess Mountbatten, but I doubt that either Charles or William will allow female inherance to pass this title. After all this title can be resevered for husband for the future Queen regina after Prince Edward's male line dies out. The best thing is to let Countess of Wessex and Prince Edward to have a boy as his heir.
We have the medical technology to guarantee a male child, if she is able to get pregnant and carry the child to term. Because it'd an invitro process, they can do preimplantation genetics testing so that the child does not have down's syndrom which as you know is an issue in pregnancies in your late thirties and early forties. Quite frankly, I'm amazed that the Japanese CP hasnt gone this route. How old is Sophie now?chrissy57 said:Considering the Countess's current age and the problems she has already had having Louise do you really think that they are seriously going to try to have another child - knowing that there is a 50% chance they will have another girl.
On the other hand I think that allowing female succession is very possible in this case as a mark of respect to the current holder - in order to allow his title to pass to his heirs (albeit through a younger son but still an heir).
I can see your argument of course but it could be a century or more before we have another Queen Regnant and the attachment to the Edinburgh title will have passed by then (like Queen Victoria's desire to have all those in line to the British throne have either Victoria or Albert in their names - didn't even last one full generation after her death e.g. the present Queen - 25 years after Victoria's death and the reports are that Victoria wasn't even considered as a possible name).
scooter said:We have the medical technology to guarantee a male child, if she is able to get pregnant and carry the child to term. Because it'd an invitro process, they can do preimplantation genetics testing so that the child does not have down's syndrom which as you know is an issue in pregnancies in your late thirties and early forties. Quite frankly, I'm amazed that the Japanese CP hasnt gone this route. How old is Sophie now?
scooter said:We have the medical technology to guarantee a male child, if she is able to get pregnant and carry the child to term. Because it'd an invitro process, they can do preimplantation genetics testing so that the child does not have down's syndrom which as you know is an issue in pregnancies in your late thirties and early forties. Quite frankly, I'm amazed that the Japanese CP hasnt gone this route. How old is Sophie now?
Avalon said:Queen Elizabeth II meets members of the English Premier League soccer team Arsenal, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007. The Queen finally met the team for tea today - four months after she was forced to take time out due to injury. The 80-year-old monarch cancelled a trip to see the club's new Emirates Stadium in October after suffering from a bad back.
Pictures:
Queen Elizabeth with Justin Hoyte, Theo Walcott, Freddie Ljungberg and Thierry Henry
Queen Elizabeth, Arsene Wenger and the clubs chairman Peter Hill-Wood
Members of the Arsenal Team (Freddie Ljungberg and Jens Lehmann)
Members of the Arsenal Team
Pictures from Wenn
Skydragon said:I know it's 'old fashioned', but I feel that private letters written to anyone should remain just that... private.