Posted by José
on 27/9/2009, 15:44:48, in reply to "Britain's 'Favourite Granny' or 'Alf Garnett in a tiara' ?"
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: Johann Hari:
:
: "She believed Britain's class system
: reflected a natural hierarchy, and the
: people below her creamy, upper tier were
: inferior. She told Wyatt: "I hate that
: classlessness. It is so unreal." At
: first, she was appalled by the idea of her
: eldest daughter marrying Phillip Mountbatten
: because his "bloodlines" weren't
: good enough: his family had fallen from
: power, so they weren't "really"
: royal.
In 1946 George II had regain the greek throne so how could Philipp belong to a family who had fallen from power ?
Even so, his father was a younger son from a King and his mother a descendant of Q.Victoria.
Given Elizabeth B.Lyon background and ancestry ...
Wasn't there a gipsy in her ancestors ?