Hi Paddy, I think you might be victim to a kiwi prank there (up there with my dad telling visiting English cousins that the cabbage on the table was from the cabbage tree in the back yard!) as far as I know the only Maori link to the Royal family was the recent wedding of Lady Davina and Gary Lewis. Cheers, Jason Payne London Sent from my iPhone > On 4 Mar 2014, at 09:57, Patricia Byers <petpad.byers@gmail.com> wrote: > > All this news about whether or not the current royals will be meeting with the NZ Maori royals reminded me of a brief conversation I had with a Maori woman in the Wanganui Library. It occurred many years ago and took place during one of the present Queen's visits to New Zealand. > This woman told me in all seriousness that there was a blood link between the British royal family and a Maori family in NZ. The link had been recognised, and whenever the Queen visited NZ she visited people belonging to this family. The link dated back to some time before Queen Victoria came to the throne. > Was this woman pulling my leg, or is there some truth to her story? > Paddy > South Hobart > Tasmania > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There was a story that the family of Sir Robert Rex premier of Nuie were descended from an illegitimate child of a member of the royal family. A former all black or 7s player is part of that family and once said they had royal connections. May well be true as many people in England especially in the aristocracy are descendants of Charles II's mistresses. When Prince William eventually becomes King he will be the first King since Charles II with Stuart blood from 2 of Princess Diana's ancestors. Shirley > On 4 Mar 2014, at 09:57, Patricia Byers <petpad.byers@gmail.com> wrote: > > All this news about whether or not the current royals will be meeting with the NZ Maori royals reminded me of a brief conversation I had with a Maori woman in the Wanganui Library. It occurred many years ago and took place during one of the present Queen's visits to New Zealand. > This woman told me in all seriousness that there was a blood link between the British royal family and a Maori family in NZ. The link had been recognised, and whenever the Queen visited NZ she visited people belonging to this family. The link dated back to some time before Queen Victoria came to the throne. > Was this woman pulling my leg, or is there some truth to her story? > Paddy > South Hobart > Tasmania age