Re: Rambling through Lords in 2005

On 25 Jul 2005 23:33:39 -0700, "Aditya Basrur"
<sandaas_rocks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>The fact that Victoria had 9+ children has since made them reasonably
>inbred, with one of her descendants gracing almost each family in
>Europe. Indeed, if Wills wants to marry within royalty, he'll almost
>certainly have to marry a cousin of some description. It's reminiscent
>of one or two Indian communities to which I belong.

IIRC, and I might not, it used to be more or less a "rule" that
royalty could only marry royalty. However that has stopped so there'd
be nothing to stop Wills marrying Britney Spears, should he feel so
inclined (unless of course it during one of those periods when she's
already married).
.

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