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On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:39:14 GMT, Guy King wrote:

|The message
|from The Natural Philosopher contains these words:
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| Indeed. The queen owns 100% of the land. In the UK.
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|While technically true, it makes bugger all difference to every day life.

That was true in 1066, but since then Kings and Queens have sold off most
of the land to us common erks.
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