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From: "T. Stanford Mommaerts-Meulemans-Browne" <>
Subject: Re: Britain's Real Monarch
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 03:53:07 +0200
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Powys-Lybbe" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: Britain's Real Monarch


> In message of 3 Jan, Doug McDonald <> wrote:
>
> > Renia wrote:
> > >
> > > I first posted the following to sgm and omitted sending it to shm. The
> > > programe was on Channel 4 TV tonight, following another about the true
> > > nature of the crime against the Little Princes in the Tower.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Mr. Hastings was on some sort of TV bews show last night,
> > drinking beer.
> >
> > Is his title real?
>
> Yes but his family became relatively impoverished early in the 20th
> cent so he has to earn a living.
>
> --
> Tim Powys-Lybbe
> For a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org
>

According to the various Peerage Reform Acts, and rulings by the House of
Lords' Committee on Privileges, a peer must be able to prove sufficient
financial solvency to support the claim, ('though I don't know the current
amount, I doubt that a fork-lift operator could pass the test), and the
inherent duties.

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