What family gave all the land to the people to make England?.
I am not an anglophile.
But if (I am on the fence about it) maintaing the British Royal family is or has been an error, it is not the fault of the rouals, any of them, as keeping the royals has always been a choice OF THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN, not the royals.
For what ever reasons the people of Britain have wanted to keep the royals, long after the royals lost all political power.
The rant is misguided as to who is “at fault” (if there is any).
As for Henry the VIIIth:
Had Henry not left Catholicism, history indicates the English conributions to the Reformation would have had a different, and possible even more rocky history, as it is from Henry the world got the first authorized English language version of the Bible (the Great Bible - 1539 [based largely on Tyndale’s Bible]. Though Henry’s son had a brief reign and was followed by Mary Queen of Scots, who reestablished Caholicism as the state church, she was followed by Elizabeth I (daughter of Herny the VIII), and Elizabeth reestablished the Anglican Church as the state church and made some directions in greater religious tolerance. Yes, in his own way, Henry VIII made some contribution to the development of the values that later on became the under pinnings of western civilizaztion.
The great brain progeny who has assumed the throne might be more to your liking.
His guy does not know jack about history.
William the Conqueror invaded England in 1066. 2022-1200 = 822 so he is off by over 250 years at best. Not to mention the fact that many different families have ruled England since William killed the last Saxon King Harold.
She was very influential in moving UK away from its colonialist past into its present multi-racial society. During her reign, she encourated the increase in the size of the British Commonwealth from seven nations to 56 nations and additional territories, so that UK could extend civilizing care and concern for third-world nations as well as full governmental cooperation with first-world nations like Canada and Australia.
As the patron of many, many charities and civic betterment organizations, she performed several traveling appointments in addition to reading the minutes from Parliament every single business day of her adult life until she contracted covid this past February at the age of 95. She continued reading the Parliament notes and meeting with the incoming an outgoing Prime Ministers until two days before her death last week.
She was the top diplomat in the UK, performing with her working family members many of the functions we expect of our State Department, as well as hosting multiple groups and individuals among her citizens throughout the year for special recognition or thanks.
She was one of the most devoted, dedicated public servants who ever lived. Ever. And it was her Christian faith that underscored her understated diplomacy and fidelity to exquisite protocol that appeared effortless, but surely was not.
She was a fervent guardian of Western Civilization for the past 86 years, since she became heir to the throne when her uncle stepped down in 1936. Her reign will prove equal in impact to Benjamin Franklin or one of our Founding Fathers. Books will be written about her for centuries.
Queen Elizabeth II was not the Queen Mother. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the Queen Mother; she died years ago.