[WWI] Fame, was Re: 1 rb paper critique

[Steve Cox]

on 31/7/06 5:03 am, ernest thomas at reason108 at hotmail.com wrote:

>> From: "Shane Weier"
> 
>> You should probably change that a bit - absent a change to a republic
>> Charles is also likely to become King of Australia, Canada and New Zealand
>> and is well known there, and head of the Commonwealth of Nations
>> (approximately, the group of nations which were once the British Empire, so
>> he's well known in places like India - the second largest nation by
>> population - too)
> 
> Ok, I stand corrected. Outside of the UK and all of its subsidiaries, not
> too many people would have known him. But the UK and its subsidiaries are a
> whole lot of people, I'll grant you that. Lets try another one: Who can,
> without doing an internet search or running to the bookshelf, tell me the
> name of the current Grand Duke of Luxembourg?
> 
>> Aside from producing the second in line to the throne, which is the sort of
>> acheivement which required only being in the right place, and of the right
>> sex....
> 
> Yeah, even Brittany or Paris could have done that one. But then, so could
> the palace scullery maid.
> E.

Only if she's married to him, we do have certain standards you know.

regards
Steve