"When Elizabeth II was crowned there was an outcry in Scotland because she was the first Elizabeth to rule Scotland. When Elizabeth I was on the throne their ruler was Mary Queen of Scots. Some early E II R pillar boxes were trashed in Scotland. Winston Churchill, who was Prime Minister in 1953, laid down a convention saying that from then on all future would be uniformly numbered according either an English or Scottish reckoning, whichever was higher."
From QI Series J - Jack And Jill, Episode 4 Broadcast date 5 October 2012
so you mean Queen Elizabeth II, or in Scotland Queen Elizabeth I, as they do not recognize QE I, as Mary was the Scottish Queen at the time...like the history lesson?
mine were nasty people, all of them...although my mothers father did give me his two Iron Crosses from the great war so that was nice, but he knew he was dying at the time
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RE: Your Grandparents
"When Elizabeth II was crowned there was an outcry in Scotland because she was the first Elizabeth to rule Scotland. When Elizabeth I was on the throne their ruler was Mary Queen of Scots. Some early E II R pillar boxes were trashed in Scotland. Winston Churchill, who was Prime Minister in 1953, laid down a convention saying that from then on all future would be uniformly numbered according either an English or Scottish reckoning, whichever was higher."From QI Series J - Jack And Jill, Episode 4
Broadcast date 5 October 2012