Nurse! He's Out of Bed Again!!

Aye, ok....
"A prominent advert in a London newspaper today announced that an American is in fact the “rightful” king of Great Britain and “shall claim his royal historic estate” in 30 days. Allan V. Evans, who lists himself as a resident of Colorado, used the august pages of The Times’ register column to make his bold claims. It is not known if the advert, which would have cost several hundred pounds, was placed by Evans himself or a fellow member of his court. The aspiring monarch claims to be “a direct descendant of an unbroken primogeniture line regally documented since the 3rd century in Great Britain and registered in the Royal College of Arms” and “a direct descendant of Cunedda Wledig, the founder of the Kingdom of Wales, then known as the Kingdom of Gondor”. The advert says Evans will claim all royal estates and titles - but won’t take to the throne until the Queen dies, in recognition of her “great service and selfless sacrifice”. The statement ends with a call for all “Welshmen, Scots, Manx, all Britons, and all citizens of this Great Nation called Great Britain” to “take heed and rejoice” at the return of the rightful king. No contact details are listed and it is not known what Evans’ next step will be in his royal quest."
http://www.scotsman.com/news/colorado-man-claims-to-be-rightful-king-of-great-britain-1-4380186

 

His proclamation:
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There is a tiny tiny part of my mind that may actually be more comfortable with/entertained by a slightly loopy Septic pretender for a single reign than the future Charles III...
Off with my head, etc. :hypnotize:

 

My dad said my family is the descendants of a King in Wales...do I get to be King too?

 

I think the Welsh like the Irish used their term for what is usually interpreted to mean "king" for everyone from a village chieftan up to the ruler of the entire country/island. Here's a page on the Irish version:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%AD
So just about anyone with any Irish or Scottish (since Scott originally meant Irish arguably the same thing) blood in them probably has at least one ancestor who was a "King in Ireland" or a "King in Scotland" or both. Looking at:
http://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/welsh-word-for-481902ec14eaf3fcfec6be82bd6a63b972ac517f.html
The Welsh seem to have a lot of words that mean "king" including the same one the Irish and Scotts used. Not as many details on the use in that reference though.

 

Forced to agree. Would rather see Anne On the throne.

LWD- spot on.

Muss- we'll have a referendum!

 

I've yet to meet anyone with a trace of Welsh heritage and a bit of genealogy that doesn't have some sort of claimed connection to Llewellyn (other monarchs are available, but it does often seem a requirement to choose the more 'romantic' Llewellyn.)
Certainly long-standing legend in my own family from a researcher of unknown provenance granny paid long ago.

Bugger... I may just have outed myself as 'a bit Welsh'...

 

VP- theres no maybe about - wheres your daffodil's

TD

 

I've got French blood, so that definitely proves I'm one of the Capetian line...

 

I've got blood in me in France - does that help?

I thought I recognised something in the way you wrote, its the accent

TD

 

Only a bit Welsh.
Wouldn't want to be accused of cultural appropriation...

 

I realise that - its why I did not mention ............................ leeks ................. there you made me say it - damn

TD

 

I do not care about Royal blood in my ancestry but I love the fact that one of my ancestors was a torturer in the Tower of London during the reign of King Henry the Eight. He invented a torture instrument called Scavenger's Daughter. Let's face it, nobody wants a family history with prim and proper people or am I just weird?

 

Seen a few meltdowns over the years when people have had it explained that their antecedents might have been a bit naughty.
Personally, I think it's marvellous. Human.
Henrican torturer is pretty hard to beat!

 

I think one of my ancesters washed clothes for a living...

 

And the afore-mentioned Scavenger's Daughter-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger%27s_daughter

Can't match that; my lot were all upright Presbyterian coalminers.

 

I alluded to it earlier but the Romans are responsible for the term "Scott" and they used it for the inhabitants of Hibernia (Ireland). It was only after the Irish/Scotts invaded and married into the Pictish Kingdoms of Northern Britain that the inhabitants there of started being referred to as "Scotts". So "Scotts" are really "Irish" in any case. Be careful who you tell this to in person though.