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Was Being Sensible Of Our Neighbours Sensibilities...
... probably led to a RN submarine being renamed. It was to be called Agincourt but now it will be Achilles.
Should Waterloo station be renamed? Concorde, perhaps? I think that means friendship.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Even the spelling of Concord/Concorde was contraversial!
"Initially, the aircraft were named Concord (without an 'e') in the UK and Concorde (with an 'e') in France although this led to uproar when Labour Minister for Technology, Tony Benn announced that he would order the UK spelling to also be Concorde. Things calmed down a little when he also added that the Government considered that the suffixed 'e' represented 'Excellence, England, Europe and Entente (Cordiale)'. "
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