Are the british ROYAL family really undercover lizards?

@SW-User They're half Scottish and since the Crown Estate started paying tax, you've paid them nothing, because the tax paid has been more than state funding.

@Gumba1000 They are not half scottish. Their ancestors are the Saxe-Coburgs.

Really? We've paid them nothing.

Read this and weep.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/07/the-royal-clan-whos-who-what-do-they-do-and-how-much-money-do-they-get

@Gumba1000 Everyone everywhere is part Scottish 😄.

@Gorps Well, there is that. But then you can say we're all part East African :P

@Gorps or part lizard

@SpudMuffin yes

@SW-User They are half Scottish. It was James 6ths family line that married into the Germans. As for the tax, you didn't look at The Crown Estate.

@Gorps Scots do like to travel. You can always tell a Scot on any transportation. They'll be the ones cracking into 4 beers at 10am.

@Gumba1000 Don't be too hard on Takiteanga. He's not responsible for his personality or biases. They're all due to his Ancestors' nationalities. As we know, that determines everything about a person..

@Gorps The fact remains, the sooner we are rid of the Royals, the better.

@Gumba1000 Ah, you're English then? @SW-User

@Gorps No. Irish.

@SW-User Indeed I/you/we can say that.
Did you know your tongue is hanging out?

@Gorps Whoops 😶

@Gorps Yes and lucky enough to have roots in all 4 British countries.

@SW-User 3 generations back I had ancestors (Great grandparents) who were Irish Scots - or was it Scots Irish? I think there was a time when Scots & Irish were interchangeable descriptions, with frequent personal and family crossings of the Irish sea

Sorry for insinuating you're English 🙂 (indicates humorous intent 🙂)

@SW-User Speculations & hypotheses cannot 'remain' as 'facts'.

@Gumba1000 That's the sort of national promiscuity responsible for the ridiculously complicated flag - 'broad white band at the top nearest the flagpole' Blah ! ... 😄

@Gorps I'd say creativity. 4 minds are better than one.

@Gumba1000 I'm extremely creative, thanks to my billions of ancestors.

@Gorps And the voices in your head? 😋

@Gumba1000
This trio could have used a fourth.


More than 100 years on we're still paying for their arrogant mistakes.

@Gorps You'll have to tell me who they are. The far left one I think looks like David Lloyd George

@Gumba1000 You're right about Lloyd George. The others are Clemençeau of France and US pres. Woodrow Wilson. They basically carved the world up into the nations we now have, often regardless of ethnic & historic differences; and imposing the boundaries we still struggle with. M. McMillan's book is interesting but very detailed and it's a while since I read it.

ETA: Don't you just love the fashion differences going left to right in the photo?

@Gorps I don't think it is fair to blame them. All territories fracture, unify, get annexed over time. Germany used to be several separate countries, and those areas still have rivalry among each other. It's not war like, but if it were, it's not the Kaiser's fault or Bismark's now. There's been well over a century since that happened. All those generations since could have declared peace. They chose not to.