LL-L: "Monarchs" (was "Spiritual aspects") LOWLANDS-L, 30.MAY.2000 (01) [E]

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From: Thomas [t.mcrae at uq.net.au]
Subject: LL-L: "Spiritual aspects" LOWLANDS-L, 29.MAY.2000 (01) [D/E]

> From: Lowlands-L <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: LL-L: "Spiritual aspects" LOWLANDS-L, 29.MAY.2000 (01) [D/E]
John Feather wrote...
> William III is, of course, the "King Billy" still vividly
> remembered in Northern Ireland.
Aye and also in Scotland, especially Glasgow, and even in England around
Liverpool. Hooray for 'the little gentleman in black velvet'!

Regards
Tom
Tom Mc Rae
Brisbane Australia
"Oh wid some power the Giftie gie us
Tae see oorselves as ithers see us"
Robert Burns--

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From: Colin Wilson [lcwilson at iee.org]
Subject: LL-L: "Spiritual aspects" LOWLANDS-L, 29.MAY.2000 (01) [D/E]

At 14:23 29/05/00 -0700, john feather wrote:

>BTW, we Brits were recently glued (or buttered) to our TV sets watching
>a
>series about another Queen Elizabeth - Good Queen Bess, our Virgin Queen.

Just a brief factual correction: the Queen Elizabeth mentioned above
was actually a queen of England/Wales, and the idea of people as
Brits or British had yet to come.

The current queen is the United Kingdom's first and only reigning
Queen Elizabeth.

Colin Wilson.

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