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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-23-09 04:38 PM
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Revealed: the Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s secret plot to deny the Queen the throne
WOW. Had this plot succeeded, the impact on world history would have been almost noticeable:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/6624594/Revealed-the-Duke-and-Duchess-of-Windsors-secret-plot-to-deny-the-Queen-the-throne.html

Secret correspondence between the exiled Duke and Duchess of Windsor and their confidant Kenneth de Courcy has revealed a dastardly scheme to change the course of British history by denying Queen Elizabeth II the crown, says royal biographer Christopher Wilson
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HeresyLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-23-09 04:40 PM
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1. Well since the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
supported Hitler, I'd say that yes indeed, the impact on world history would have been noticeable.
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Tansy_Gold Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-23-09 04:45 PM
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2. This all took place AFTER WW2, just so you know. n/t
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HeresyLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-23-09 04:46 PM
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3. And wasn't his first plot.
It's why they were sent away during the war.
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msanthrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-23-09 04:54 PM
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4. Yes. Those Nazi lovers were effectively exiled. n/t
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-23-09 05:06 PM
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5. Wasn't Lord Mountbatten offed by the IRA?
Karma sucks, and so does having a Royal Family.
Didn't we have a war or something about that?
IIRC sometime in the late 18th Century.
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HeresyLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-23-09 05:11 PM
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6. Well, you did,
but I'm Canadian.

Have your presidents been any better?
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-23-09 05:15 PM
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7. We've had only 233 years(1776-2009) to perfect our system
Edited on Mon Nov-23-09 05:17 PM by liberaltrucker
The British Commonwealth has had 945 (1064-2009).
We still have time.

:)
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HeresyLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-23-09 05:22 PM
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8. Smart ass.
:rofl:
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-23-09 05:42 PM
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9. Pretty much defines us, eh?
:rofl:
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HeresyLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-23-09 05:46 PM
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10. Cough, you said it, I didn't.
:hi:
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-23-09 06:05 PM
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11. Yep, I did
:hi:
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dusmcj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-24-09 07:00 PM
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12. rancid upper-class fascists with that psychotic glint in their eye /nt
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-24-09 11:14 PM
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13. Check out who might have been the Queen had he not abdicated.
This is a wild story. The pictures are very interesting.

http://we3.org


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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-25-09 04:10 AM
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14. kick
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