"dechucka" wrote in message
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> "William Black" wrote in message
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>> "Hatunen" wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:05:55 GMT, "William Black"
>>> wrote:
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>>>>That'll come as a shock to the Dutch army that invaded and conquered the
>>>>country in 1688.
>>>>
>>>>Of course they had the help of the English parliament and government and
>>>>army (except for the king of course) but it was an invasion.
>>>
>>> By strtetching the general understanding of the word. More like,
>>> "MacDonalds invades France" or something.
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>> Oh no, it was a real invasion and we got a Dutch king.
>>
>>>>There were certainly a couple of landings in the Napoleonic wars as
>>>>well.
>>>
>>> Out of curiosity, where?
>>
>> One in Ireland and one in Wales, so neither in England proper, but both
>> on what is now the UK, and in those days we had a single parliament, no
>> Irish parliament...
>
> The Scots and the Welsh invade England a couple of time but maybe those
> are uprisings rather than invasions, depends on what side you are on I
> suppose.
>
> PS Aren't the Channel Island considered to be part of the UK? Norfolk
> Island and Christmas Islands are parts of Australia sort of.
Nope.
I think they're held as the feudal property of the monarch in her capacity
as 'Duke of Normandy'.
But they've all got some sort of elected representative council now.
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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