Queen Elizabeth's claim to the throne is illegitimate
from the Australian
news.com site:
bq. A NSW man has been identified as the rightful King of England by a leading historian.
bq. Medieval scholar, Dr Michael Jones says he can prove Queen Elizabeth's claim to the throne is illegitimate and it should belong to Michael Abney-Hastings.
bq. British-born Mr Abney-Hastings, who moved to southern NSW as a teenager, is the subject of a British documentary.
and more:
bq. He says King Edward IV, who reigned from 1461 to 1483, was not of royal blood; he was the illegitimate son of a French archer.
bq. Sitting in his home in Jerilderie, 640km southwest of Sydney, in a T-shirt and shorts with a can of beer after a hard day at the wheel of a forklift truck, is the man who it is claimed should by rights be King Michael I of England.
Gotta love it!
Posted by DaveH at January 2, 2004 9:51 AM