We know that many BREXITERS are just barmy - but the latest number 10 petition to remove all French from British Passports is truly incredible. Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense, and Doit en Mon Droit - are entrenched in our heritage - dating to the French conquest of England in 1066. Most English Kings spoke French, as their first language, well in to the 14thC - Richard 1st is well known for neither speaking a word of English or even spending much time in this country. Much of Southern England recognised the French Prince Philip as King of England in the late 12th C. Norman French is still a legal language for Parliamentary debate, unlike the longer established Celtic native tongues. French dominance of British affairs however is long established; the French-Norman hegemony gave way to the Angevins (Anjou) who also claimed the throne of France - the Plantagenets (Angevins after the loss of the Anjou by the English Royal branch of the Angevins) also had strong French heritage - The Tudors as well, with a lot of Welsh mixed in - The Stuarts were as much French as Scottish, Charles II being raised in the French Court with his French mother- and in any case the 1666 conquest of England by Holland put an end to any chance of anyone 'English' ever again being King - that ended with Cnut long before William arrived. Today's Royal Family are of course German immigrants - Saxe-Coburg being their true family name.
Perhaps [middle English] the [German] time [German] has [German] come [German] to [German] remove[Latin or Old French] all [German] foreign [Latin] words [German] from [Old English] our [German] language [French].
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