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23 days ago

Review Icon GenghisTheHun reviewed Princess Alexandra of Kent in British Royal Family:
This princess is the queen's cousin and 32nd in line for the throne. She represents the queen in various functions. She was the queen's bridesmaid at her marriage to Prince Philip.

The government coughs up 225,000 British pounds per year for Princess Alexandra although after severe criticism, the queen started repaying the government's payments for all the members of her family who receive public dough.
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37 days ago

Review Icon GenghisTheHun reviewed Mark Antony Peter Phillips in British Royal Family:
He is the son of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Philips, and the eldest grandson of Queen Elizabeth II.

He is the first grandson of a British monarch not to hold a title. He is tenth in the line of the succession to the British throne. He does not carry out any official royal engagements and receives no money from the government. However he does attend major royal events, and usually appears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace at events such as the Queen's Golden Jubilee. He currently works for the Williams Formula One racing team.
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37 days ago

Review Icon GenghisTheHun reviewed Prince Edward, Duke of Kent in British Royal Family:
He is the first cousin of the Queen and has served in the army and held various government positions. The Duke of Kent has performed royal duties on behalf of his cousin, the Queen, for over 50 years.

He stays in the background and is a good person from all reports.
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37 days ago

Review Icon GenghisTheHun reviewed Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester in British Royal Family:
He is one of the Queen's cousins and he is 18th in line of succession so it would take a major disaster for him to become Richard IV.

When he was born, he was fifth in line, but the Mountbatten-Windsor brood expanded rapidly and he sank in the standings. He bustles around representing the queen here and there.

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38 days ago

Review Icon irishgit reviewed Prince Philip in British Royal Family:
The alleged alpha male of this pack of inbred twits.

Here's some footage of the Windsor family at play.
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50 days ago

Review Icon FranksWildYears reviewed Tony Blair (1997-2007) in British Prime Ministers:
Aside from the very unusal career path of having served under Clinton as a young female intern and then joined the Bush White House's All Virgin Boys Choir, there was nothing of note in his tenure as Prime Minister.
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51 days ago

Review Icon oscargamblesfro reviewed Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990) in British Prime Ministers:
This monster should have appeared in Animal House in a brief cameo. She should have pushed John Vernon ( Dean Wormer) out of the way for one second and said " No more fun of any kind!" instead.
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55 days ago

Review Icon GenghisTheHun reviewed Neville Chamberlain (1937-1940) in British Prime Ministers:
I really can't add much to Irishgit's excellent review here. I do think that the historians are taking a clearer look at Chamberlain. Most of the generations who trashed his reputation are gone.

He was a realist and his defense preparations including building up the RAF and maintaining the navy saved Britain in the early years of the war.

His big mistake was extending the guarantee to Poland. Britain had as much chance helping Poland then as today Norway could spread its defensive wings over Nepal.
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56 days ago

Review Icon Bird808 reviewed Tony Blair (1997-2007) in British Prime Ministers:
Never liked him. The Conservatives were on their way to messing up Britain, Tony Blair took the baton right out of their hands and trailblazed with some monumental f**k ups. Siding with Bush against his country and cabinet's wishes was one. Education and the introduction of Academy's being another, closing down fields for kids to do PE(Physical Education) lessons and cutting PE altogether to create the biggest obese generation of kids in Europe. I won't go on a rant, but he's done nothing of any substantial difference to improve anything. The joke is they want this man to be the first President of Europe. They need only take a look at Britain to change their minds.
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56 days ago

Review Icon irishgit reviewed Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1828-1830; 1834) in British Prime Ministers:
If this was a list of British Generals or military figures, Wellesley would be a deserving 5 stars. As a Prime Minister, however, he wasn't a disaster but he wasn't particularly good, either. A staunch opponent of electoral reform (English politics of the day were notoriously and openly corrupt) he came under attack from within and without parliament. Interestingly, his nickname "The Iron Duke" dates from this era, not his military career, and refers to him having metal shutters installed on his windows to protect them from rocks thrown by the mob. In his favor, he did support Catholic emancipation, and spoke in favor of giving them the right to vote.
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