cut and paste off the observer:
.. It promises to be the single greatest rebranding since Marathon became Snickers. Pendennis hears that the worthies who make up the Privy Council, the exalted body that advises the monarch, are earnestly discussing whether Prince Charles should become King George on the off chance he assumes the throne. The arch royalists believe the Prince's first royal namesake, Chas I, was not exactly an unqualified success while Chas II is remembered chiefly for his mistresses. The worthies suggest, therefore, the prince, full nomenclature Charles Philip Arthur George, should instead select one of his other names. But why George, rather than Phil or Arthur, remains oblique...
obviously the priviy council had conveniently forgotten there was a mad king george who caused an uprising and subsequent independence in all thirteen american colonies.
or that the council members are indeed german. like the royal family.
as enscribed by the letter b @ February 20, 2005 05:13 PM