Comment by dspillett
8 hours ago
There are a lot of French influence in England's place names (and the language in general) from the couple of centuries after 1066 when the Normans ruled the roost.
8 hours ago
There are a lot of French influence in England's place names (and the language in general) from the couple of centuries after 1066 when the Normans ruled the roost.
The Normans still rule the roost. The dynasty name changes every so often but King Chuck 3 can trace his line straight back to William the Bastard.
Charles doesn’t “rule the roost” in any meaningful sense. Who knows whether Keir Starmer descends from Normans, but his predecessor certainly doesn’t.
Hey now, at least Rishi was elected to rule Britain - the old lady Vicky wasn't remotely connected to India but she was still Empress.