French demand Crown Jewels from the Queen to compensate for 1499 murder of Edward Plantagenet

[FarCenter]

A French city which produced 14 English kings is demanding the Crown Jewels as compensation from the Queen for the murder of its last pretender to the throne.

Angers, which is in the Loire Valley west of Paris, was once the capital of the Anjou province and the House of Plantagenet.

It ruled England from 1154 until 1485, providing some of the greatest monarchs in British history, including Richard the Lionheart and Henry V.

But when Edward Plantagenet, the Earl of Warwick, was murdered in the Tower of London in 1499 the house's legitimate male line came to an end.

'As redress for the execution of Edward, Angers today demands that the Crown Jewels of England be transferred to Angers,' reads a petition posted on the city's official website.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2173848/French-demand-Crown-Jewels-Queen-1499-murder-Edward-Plantagenet.html

[Journeyman]

1. Wonder what I can get for what they did to my hometown in Eire? . . .

[elleng]

2. Few pints???

[gordianot]

3. I suspect an Obama apology to this more likely than the queen giving in to 500 grievance.

If she did fall for this the British might want to borrow a guillotine.

[Nye Bevan]

4. How about compensation from the French for the Norman Conquest

and murder of King Harold? That was in 1066, so with interest, any compensation could amount to quite a lot of money.

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. Great suit, guys!

Timely, not a waste of time or resources, and intrade has you at 12%.

[Motown_Johnny]

6. If you think thats crazy, Romney wants an Apology!!!

[Stuckinthebush]

15. Bazinga!

[petronius]

7. I think the correct answer is "Come and take them!"

Force probably wouldn't work, but perhaps the town can scrape up enough to hire a top-notch jewel thief...

[WillowTree]

8. I trust everyone in Angers is holding his/her breath awaiting the prompt return.

[malthaussen]

9. They need a course in Angers-Management n/t

[Brickbat]

10. Nicely done.

[xchrom]

11. As my mother used to say to me:

Shit in one hand - Want in the other.
See which fills up first.

[Marrah_G]

12. LOL

[Marinedem]

13. Really?

Sure angers is in France NOW. Not so much back then, as it was part of the English domain.

That's like me wanting back my neighbors Koi pond, because he moved it farther into his yard after I bought the part of his property it sat on.

[backscatter712]

14. Good luck with that... n/t