04-12-2021, 10:03 PM
An anorak writes, being temporarily relaxed after teatime, I wondered why he was always known as Phil the Greek. Hasty research indicated that he was neither Greek nor Danish, although his mother became a Greek Orthodox nun. A 1705 Act of Parliament had declared that all descendants of Electress Sophia of Hanover were to be regarded as British. The European royal families not being known for widespread choice of partners, Philip was as British as his wife. Now shall I go and lie down, or try to see how many sleeve valve Daimler’s were in the Sandringham motor house in 1929.