Being a Royalist I will keep Queen Elizabeth II.   As for The Republic of Yorkshire I would nominate my "Dad" but as he died 57 years ago I don't think that would work and I doubt if he would have really made a good President anyway,  so I will stick with Queen Elizabeth II.  Lorna Kay    

From: D J Kay <davlornk@xtra.co.nz> > Being a Royalist I will keep Queen Elizabeth II. As for The Republic of Yorkshire I would > nominate my "Dad" but as he died 57 years ago I don't think that would work > and I doubt if he would have really made a good President anyway, so I will stick with Queen > Elizabeth II. > Lorna Kay> Yes, but what happens when she finally pops her clogs and goes upstairs? I concede that she has given sterling service in her reign, but I wouldn't give you two-pennorth of cold gin for any of the others! The younger royals are just a soap opera akin to EastEnders and Coronation Street. It's a wonder some of them haven't been seen on Big Brother or Britain's Got Talent! What about the Freeloader Supreme "Air Miles" Andy? Or his ex-wife, Mad As A Hatter, greedy and near-bankrupt Fergie? By the time they get to the throne, if they ever do, Charles and Camilla will be well past it and what are William and Kate other than a pair of gossip column pin-ups whose lustre will fade with the years, while Harry is just a nightclub playboy (and don't believe all that rubbish about his bravery in serving in Afghanistan, you can bet your life the powers-that-be would never let him get anywhere near some real action). All the evidence suggests that it's only the colonials who care about them much any more. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE