I Read Somewhere That England Hadn't Been Invaded By A Foreign Power Since 1066.

[sandyRoe]

Is that strictly true? Didn't a Scottish army get as far south as Derby in the 18th Century?

[ToraToraTora]

ich: "Come off it Tora. If you invade somewhere it's an invasion :-) " - yes of course, all I'm saying is that it was really just the rightful king claiming his kingdom.

[ichkeria]

Re the Dutch I am thinking of their influence in free thinking, religion, and commerce especially.
And they are pretty small compared to Briatain.
That isn't to knock Britain of course.

[FatticusInch]

ToraToraTora
//I now welcome the 5C knockers.//

You’re certainly acting like another singular name for knockers!

[jno]

the Anglo-Saxons didn't follow modern rules of succession, by which we know who's 3118th in line for the throne; that's why they ran it through the witenagemot. They'd usually choose the atheling but Edward had no children, and nominated Harold, and the witenagemot went along with that. The Normans claimed William had been promised the throne, but they would say that wouldn't they.

[THECORBYLOON]

TORATORATORA, from your link, as a percentage of the world's population at the time of each empire, the British one doesn't reach even the Top Ten.

[douglas9401]

What in the name of everything is a "rightful king"?

[jno]

it involves pulling a sword from a stone, douglas. How do the Scots choose theirs?

[sunny-dave]

How do the Scots choose theirs?

Isn't something to do with the stoon of scoon?

[jno]

does it have a claymore stuck in it?

[sunny-dave]

No - just the usual butter/jam/cream - order as you will ...

[douglas9401]

Bannocks.

[sunny-dave]

I'd rather have a black bun, doogie - several of my 5-a-week in there ...

https://alex-dalgetty.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Chris-Watt-Photography_21.jpg

[douglas9401]

Access denied. Michty!

[sunny-dave]

https://ibb.co/mhf2hjy

[Arksided]

Well you try to learn something on AB, I was always sugar at History.
[i] *** teacher but thats a different story [i]

[THECORBYLOON]

I think King Billy had said what the English were in for and it had been mis-heard as "rightful king"...

[bookbinder]

What about the Battle of Fishguard in 1797?
https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/last-invasion-britain-french-battle-fishguard-what-happened-jemima-nicholas/