▲ 525 ▼ King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says (www.bbc.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by fifisaac@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 274 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago (2 children) Imagine simping for an inbred German shambling corpse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) Totally out of the loop on UK royalty, because they're basically just a medieval version of the Kardashians that's hung around waaaaay too long. I was under the impression that the monarchy's power was predicated on their right to rule being divine, which could only be maintained by keeping their bloodline inbred pure. Charles is German? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Charles is German? I wouldn't say he is German, but German dynasties have sit on the British throne since George I was crowned in 1714. Up till queen Victoria all monarchs belonged to the house of Hanover. Victoria married Albert of house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and their son Edward VII was counted as the member of that dynasty. Edward's son George V changed their surname to "Windsor" in 1917. And i imagine that the house of Saxony which part house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is, is pretty inbred since basically every surviving european noble today is either part of it or closely related. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Queen Victoria is from the House of Hanover and Prince Albert is from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The British royal family changed their house to Windsor during WWI because the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha sounded too German. If you're going by just family ancestry, Charles III is mostly German. Here's me after wasting time on Wikipedia: Maternal grandfather's grandparents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII: Anglicized German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_of_Denmark: Danish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis,_Duke_of_Teck: Austrian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mary_Adelaide_of_Cambridge: German Maternal grandmother's grandparents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bowes-Lyon,_13th_Earl_of_Strathmore_and_Kinghorne: English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Bowes-Lyon,_Countess_of_Strathmore_and_Kinghorne: English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cavendish-Bentinck_(priest): English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Cavendish-Bentinck: English Paternal grandfather's grandparents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_IX_of_Denmark: Danish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_of_Hesse-Kassel: German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_Konstantin_Nikolayevich_of_Russia: Russian Romanov, but he had 3 German grandparents, so his ancestry is mostly German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Alexandra_of_Saxe-Altenburg: German Paternal grandmother's grandparents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Alexander_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine: German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia,_Princess_of_Battenberg: Pole of German descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IV%252C_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse: German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Alice_of_the_United_Kingdom: German permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago Thank you for the hardcore wiki linking - sincerely, I appreciate the labor you put into this reply. C3 is a certified Deutsch. Wild that they could just... Change their house like that. "Oh all that family lineage and history, no, no the name sounds quite too much like those jerries - the peasants won't like it much - what now? yes yes, Windsor we are, always have been, chip cheerio - get in the trench my good chap, and fight my former brethren, I mean those awful germans." permalink fedilink source parent [–] Shepstr@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago Who did what now? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) Totally out of the loop on UK royalty, because they're basically just a medieval version of the Kardashians that's hung around waaaaay too long. I was under the impression that the monarchy's power was predicated on their right to rule being divine, which could only be maintained by keeping their bloodline inbred pure. Charles is German? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Charles is German? I wouldn't say he is German, but German dynasties have sit on the British throne since George I was crowned in 1714. Up till queen Victoria all monarchs belonged to the house of Hanover. Victoria married Albert of house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and their son Edward VII was counted as the member of that dynasty. Edward's son George V changed their surname to "Windsor" in 1917. And i imagine that the house of Saxony which part house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is, is pretty inbred since basically every surviving european noble today is either part of it or closely related. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Queen Victoria is from the House of Hanover and Prince Albert is from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The British royal family changed their house to Windsor during WWI because the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha sounded too German. If you're going by just family ancestry, Charles III is mostly German. Here's me after wasting time on Wikipedia: Maternal grandfather's grandparents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII: Anglicized German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_of_Denmark: Danish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis,_Duke_of_Teck: Austrian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mary_Adelaide_of_Cambridge: German Maternal grandmother's grandparents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bowes-Lyon,_13th_Earl_of_Strathmore_and_Kinghorne: English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Bowes-Lyon,_Countess_of_Strathmore_and_Kinghorne: English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cavendish-Bentinck_(priest): English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Cavendish-Bentinck: English Paternal grandfather's grandparents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_IX_of_Denmark: Danish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_of_Hesse-Kassel: German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_Konstantin_Nikolayevich_of_Russia: Russian Romanov, but he had 3 German grandparents, so his ancestry is mostly German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Alexandra_of_Saxe-Altenburg: German Paternal grandmother's grandparents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Alexander_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine: German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia,_Princess_of_Battenberg: Pole of German descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IV%252C_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse: German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Alice_of_the_United_Kingdom: German permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago Thank you for the hardcore wiki linking - sincerely, I appreciate the labor you put into this reply. C3 is a certified Deutsch. Wild that they could just... Change their house like that. "Oh all that family lineage and history, no, no the name sounds quite too much like those jerries - the peasants won't like it much - what now? yes yes, Windsor we are, always have been, chip cheerio - get in the trench my good chap, and fight my former brethren, I mean those awful germans." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Charles is German? I wouldn't say he is German, but German dynasties have sit on the British throne since George I was crowned in 1714. Up till queen Victoria all monarchs belonged to the house of Hanover. Victoria married Albert of house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and their son Edward VII was counted as the member of that dynasty. Edward's son George V changed their surname to "Windsor" in 1917. And i imagine that the house of Saxony which part house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is, is pretty inbred since basically every surviving european noble today is either part of it or closely related. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Queen Victoria is from the House of Hanover and Prince Albert is from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The British royal family changed their house to Windsor during WWI because the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha sounded too German. If you're going by just family ancestry, Charles III is mostly German. Here's me after wasting time on Wikipedia: Maternal grandfather's grandparents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII: Anglicized German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_of_Denmark: Danish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis,_Duke_of_Teck: Austrian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mary_Adelaide_of_Cambridge: German Maternal grandmother's grandparents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bowes-Lyon,_13th_Earl_of_Strathmore_and_Kinghorne: English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Bowes-Lyon,_Countess_of_Strathmore_and_Kinghorne: English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cavendish-Bentinck_(priest): English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Cavendish-Bentinck: English Paternal grandfather's grandparents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_IX_of_Denmark: Danish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_of_Hesse-Kassel: German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_Konstantin_Nikolayevich_of_Russia: Russian Romanov, but he had 3 German grandparents, so his ancestry is mostly German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Alexandra_of_Saxe-Altenburg: German Paternal grandmother's grandparents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Alexander_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine: German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia,_Princess_of_Battenberg: Pole of German descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IV%252C_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse: German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Alice_of_the_United_Kingdom: German permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago Thank you for the hardcore wiki linking - sincerely, I appreciate the labor you put into this reply. C3 is a certified Deutsch. Wild that they could just... Change their house like that. "Oh all that family lineage and history, no, no the name sounds quite too much like those jerries - the peasants won't like it much - what now? yes yes, Windsor we are, always have been, chip cheerio - get in the trench my good chap, and fight my former brethren, I mean those awful germans." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago Thank you for the hardcore wiki linking - sincerely, I appreciate the labor you put into this reply. C3 is a certified Deutsch. Wild that they could just... Change their house like that. "Oh all that family lineage and history, no, no the name sounds quite too much like those jerries - the peasants won't like it much - what now? yes yes, Windsor we are, always have been, chip cheerio - get in the trench my good chap, and fight my former brethren, I mean those awful germans." permalink fedilink source parent