From: Mollie <molliemln@yahoo.co.uk> > Roy Stockdill wrote.   >".........................The worst thing > Cromwell did (among many good things) was leave a vacuum after his > death, which his weakling of a son Richard was not fitted to fill > and other factions quarrelled so much that there was little choice left but to invite Charles II > back.......". > > Couldn't agree more.  And what an opportunity lost!  We would now > have a democratic Head of State instead of one who is there purely > because of hereditary privilege!  And we would be citizens, not > subjects.> Thank you, Mollie. Good to hear from a fellow republican. Even though the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 was a minor setback to the cause, we'll get there in the end! -- 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