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From: "Sam" <>
Subject: Re: Royal Family of Europe
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 15:58:44 +0100
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"Sam Sloan" <> wrote in message
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>
> All of these people are related to each other, because of the
> wife-swapping system which went on. For example, the King of England
> would give his daughter to the King of Prussia in exchange for the
> daughter of that king. Because of this process, it is not correct to
> talk about the Royal Families of Europe, because they were all just
> one big not always happy family. (I am not sure how King Zog of
> Albania fit into this, however.)

Henry VIII of England had six wifes.

I think that's because he fell out with the Pope
and became a muslim.

--
Samson









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