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The King is dead....Long live the King
« on: March 23, 2015, 13:31:31 PM »
How can we, in times of austerity, justify the costs involved in re-burying Richard III? I'm sure he had no idea that he was under a car park and I doubt that it makes any difference to him that he has now been moved.

My opinion.....An absolute waste of money that could have been better spent elsewhere. This smacks of Historians self indulgence. Ok if the Historians are paying but I suggest that the cost will fall at the feet of the taxpayer.

I must admit to not knowing a great deal about this, so maybe someone can enlighten me a little and actually justify what I see as an unnecessary extravagance.



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Re: The King is dead....Long live the King
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2015, 13:50:25 PM »
£ 2.50m they reckon the cost to be.

Outrageous !

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« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2015, 14:03:17 PM »
I'm sure you must of heard me bellowing with rage in the direction of the radio when the BBC was reporting it.  Indeed giving it the organisations full support and capabilities across all it's media outlets.  It's bad enough I have to pay for his descendants and Thatcher's funerals , but this was ridiculous.  And while we are at it, why not a paupers grave, him and his class thought it was good enough for those who had, or more particularly had lost everything!!  What next a fond farewell for Clarkson?? >:( >:( >:(

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« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2015, 17:01:29 PM »
I'm sure you must of heard me bellowing with rage in the direction of the radio when the BBC was reporting it.  Indeed giving it the organisations full support and capabilities across all it's media outlets.  It's bad enough I have to pay for his descendants and Thatcher's funerals , but this was ridiculous.  And while we are at it, why not a paupers grave, him and his class thought it was good enough for those who had, or more particularly had lost everything!!  What next a fond farewell for Clarkson?? >:( >:( >:(

Aye, sure you're a man after my own heart Tickets Bey !! It's absolutely deplorable that 500 or so years after the death of a man who kept his people in virtual serfdom, we, the public, not only have to support his useless descendants, including the adulterous wife of an adulterous future king, but have to foot the bill for a pile of ancient bones, which may, or MAY NOT , be those of a king ????

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Re: The King is dead....Long live the King
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2015, 17:57:55 PM »
Our present Royal Family are not Richard's descendants.  Richard was the last of the Plantagenets, whilst our Royals are descended for the Tudors.   

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« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2015, 18:02:13 PM »
Which branch of the Tudors are the Saxe-Coburg & Gotha family?

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Re: The King is dead....Long live the King
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2015, 18:25:26 PM »
Especially for you.
DIRECT DESCENT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II FROM HENRY VII AND ELIZABETH OF YORK


Henry VII (1457-1509) & Elizabeth of York (1466-1503)

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Princess Margaret Tudor (1489-1541)
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James V, King of Scotland (1514-1542)
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Mary, Queen of Scotland (1542-1587)
m. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1546-1567)

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James VI King of Scotland (James I of England) (1566-1625)
m. Princess Anne of Denmark and Norway (1574-1619)

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Princess Elizabeth (1596-1662)
m. Frederick V, Elector of Palatine, King of Bohemia (1596-1632)

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Princess Sophia (1630-1714)
m. Duke Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Luneborg, Elector of Hanover (1629-1698)

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George I (1660-1727)
m. Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick and Celle (1666-1726)

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George II (1683-1760)
m. Caroline of Brandenburg-Anspach (1683-1737)

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Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1701-1751)
m. Augusta of Saxe-Coburg-Altenberg (1719-1772)

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George III (1738-1820)
m. Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)

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Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820)
m. Victoria of Saxe-Coburg (1786-1861)

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Victoria (1819-1901)
m. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1819-1861)

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Edward VII (1841-1910)
m. Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925)

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George V (1865-1936)
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Re: The King is dead....Long live the King
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2015, 18:41:21 PM »
Leicester reckon it will lead to a major touristic boost to their economy

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Re: The King is dead....Long live the King
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2015, 20:32:46 PM »
I think that the amount spent on the funeral will pale into insignificance when the tourists start to come to the Cathedral and then spend money in Leicester.

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Re: The King is dead....Long live the King
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2015, 21:20:14 PM »
Especially for you.
DIRECT DESCENT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II FROM HENRY VII AND ELIZABETH OF YORK


Henry VII (1457-1509) & Elizabeth of York (1466-1503)

you tell  him jacqui.

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Princess Margaret Tudor (1489-1541)
m. James IV, King of Scotland (1473-1513)

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James V, King of Scotland (1514-1542)
m. Marie de Guise (1515-1560)

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Mary, Queen of Scotland (1542-1587)
m. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1546-1567)

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James VI King of Scotland (James I of England) (1566-1625)
m. Princess Anne of Denmark and Norway (1574-1619)

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Princess Elizabeth (1596-1662)
m. Frederick V, Elector of Palatine, King of Bohemia (1596-1632)

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Princess Sophia (1630-1714)
m. Duke Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Luneborg, Elector of Hanover (1629-1698)

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George I (1660-1727)
m. Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick and Celle (1666-1726)

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George II (1683-1760)
m. Caroline of Brandenburg-Anspach (1683-1737)

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Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1701-1751)
m. Augusta of Saxe-Coburg-Altenberg (1719-1772)

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George III (1738-1820)
m. Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)

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Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820)
m. Victoria of Saxe-Coburg (1786-1861)

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Victoria (1819-1901)
m. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1819-1861)

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Edward VII (1841-1910)
m. Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925)

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George V (1865-1936)
m. Princess Mary of Teck (1867-1953)

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George VI (1895-1952)
m. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002)

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Elizabeth II (1926 - )
m. Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark (1921 - )




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