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Old 15-04-2008, 05:25 AM   #21 (permalink)
Alex McKee
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But again, bit daft calling Wales a kingdom if it has a prince.
Don't be silly. The word Kingdom is derived from Dominion, a placed ruled, and King, a ruler. Literally a place ruled by a King. The reason Wales has a Prince now is because it was absorbed into England as a province.

If such a huge constitutional change as Scotland terminating it's part in the Union occurred, I feel quite sure that Wales would be recognised a Kingdom and that the Queen would become the Queen of England and Wales.

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Maybe we should have a referendum in this new state to establish it's name. Obviously highly likely it would end up being called England because there's loads of English people... but hey, that's democracy!
You forget that there would probably be a campaign to name it JediLand.

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In that case, I'll call it 'England' for short.
The Americans already do call us England.
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