Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/09

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Tudors use Leicas?
From: Greg.Chappell@bankofamerica.com
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 15:16:24 -0600

I think they're all inbred! They were also related, somehow to Csar Nicholas
of Russia. Talk about family arguments and inflated egos! World War I topped
them all.

- -----Original Message-----
From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 9:54 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Tudors use Leicas?


And isn't Windsor a nom-de-Brit that the family adopted around the time of
WW I to hide as best they could the fact that their royal genes are German,
not British. Weren't Kaiser Willie and George V first cousins? Prince Philip
is a Greek, fer God's sake!



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Raimo
> Korhonen
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 9:19 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Tudors use Leicas?
>
>
> Hi!
> She´s not a Tudor but a Windsor.
> All the best!
> Raimo
> Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
>
> ----------
> > From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Tudors use Leicas?
> > Date: 09. marraskuuta 1999 8:33
> >
> > "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" wrote:
> > >
> > > Did the Tudors use Leicas?
> > >
> > All I know is ...
> > I was told Queen Elizabeth used Leica M's. A Queen with
> impeccable taste
> as far
> > as I go!
> > Does she live in one of those gingerbread houses? Would
> think she lived
> in a
> > Palace! :)
> > Mark Rabiner
>