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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2014 2:30:53 GMT -5
In last month's TLS we read about Swift's theory that King George the Second "copulated with his mother": www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1415635.eceWhich members of the present-day royal "family" do members of this forum suspect of having engaged in similarly incestuous practices? Is it not odd for instance that so long after Charles and Anne had grown up, two further brothers all of a sudden turned up on the balcony? By the way, that "read" could be either past or present, and its pronunciation accordingly depends upon nothing in the text, but only upon what is in the mind of the reader.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2014 8:40:35 GMT -5
All these things are quite possible, Sydney. My own sympathy lies with Sophia Dorothea of Celle. She was imprisoned in the Castle of Ahlden for the last thirty years of her life. Sophia's infidelity to her husband is not absolutely proven, as it is possible that the letters which purport to have passed between Königsmarck and herself are forgeries. George II was very disturbed by the imprisonment of his mother, and it was one of a number of reasons that contributed to the relationship of mutual hatred between him and his father. Wikipedia - Sophia Dorothea of CelleAccording to Lucy Worsley, the first Georgians were dysfunctional, so it is quite possible that King George II had an affair with his mother, Sophia. BBC Four (television) - The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made BritainAs for today, who knows?
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Post by Gerard on Jun 22, 2014 4:53:25 GMT -5
All these things are quite possible, Sydney. So, what bothers me is, why has there never been a King Frederic of England?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2014 9:43:21 GMT -5
Why does it bother you, Gerard?
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