• @kryptonianCodeMonkey
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    3 months ago

    There is no Easter Bunny. There is no Tooth Fairy. There is no Once and Future King of England!

    • Skua
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      23 months ago

      Fun fact, he was actually right in the original version — there hasn’t been a queen of England since 1707, when the kingdoms of England and Scotland were replaced with one kingdom of Great Britain

      • @kryptonianCodeMonkey
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        23 months ago

        Sort of. But they were still kings and queens of England, just also other kingdoms too.

        • Skua
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          13 months ago

          There was no title “king of England” or “queen of England” as of that date, in the same way that there is no king of Sheffield. There’s a king whose kingdom includes Sheffield, yes, but it’s not the kingdom of Sheffield

          • Rob Bos
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            13 months ago

            I always assumed it was similar to how QE2 was the Queen of Canada, making our monarchy separately and independent but parallel to the UK monarchy.

            • Skua
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              23 months ago

              It was up until the Acts of Union 1707. Ireland got a similar treatment in 1800 (and then reduced to Northern Ireland later, of course)

    • tiredofsametab
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      13 months ago

      There is no Once and Future King of England

      So far!

      … though I expect if there is one, it’s that shitty hologram/AI technology hybrid