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Title: Eeeek Prince Boris
Post by: Martin_1962 on 20 August 2008, 22:19:30
Just watched Who Do You Think You Are?

Very interesting series, and you won't believe who his x8 great gand father was!


HISTORY DOCUMENTARY: Who Do You Think You Are?
On: BBC 1 Midlands (1)    
Date: Wednesday 20th August 2008 (Already shown)
Time: 21:00 to 22:00 (1 hour long)

Boris Johnson. Series 5, episode 2.
Series in which celebrities trace their ancestry. Boris Johnson sets out on a journey to find out more about his roots in Turkey and follows an intriguing family trail that leads him to a surprising conclusion.
(Editor's Choice, Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described)
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Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.
Title: Re: Eeeek Prince Boris
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 20 August 2008, 22:53:34
I thought he was really funny..  :D

Enjoying this series again as I am intrested as I have been doing my family tree :y
Title: Re: Eeeek Prince Boris
Post by: Vamps on 20 August 2008, 22:55:58
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I thought he was really funny..  :D

Enjoying this series again as I am intrested as I have been doing my family tree :y
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Such a leading line and I can not think of a suitable remark..... :-[ :-[ :-[
Title: Re: Eeeek Prince Boris
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 20 August 2008, 22:56:47
You will need to get up earlier then :D
Title: Re: Eeeek Prince Boris
Post by: Albert1 on 21 August 2008, 09:44:59
My family tree is mostly populated by dead people.
Title: Re: Eeeek Prince Boris
Post by: Jimbob on 21 August 2008, 09:48:03
Lots of nuts in our family tree  ;D
Title: Re: Eeeek Prince Boris
Post by: FRE07962128 on 21 August 2008, 15:36:06
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Just watched Who Do You Think You Are?

Very interesting series, and you won't believe who his x8 great gand father was!


HISTORY DOCUMENTARY: Who Do You Think You Are?
On: BBC 1 Midlands (1)    
Date: Wednesday 20th August 2008 (Already shown)
Time: 21:00 to 22:00 (1 hour long)

Boris Johnson. Series 5, episode 2.
Series in which celebrities trace their ancestry. Boris Johnson sets out on a journey to find out more about his roots in Turkey and follows an intriguing family trail that leads him to a surprising conclusion.
(Editor's Choice, Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=2674

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.

You only have to look at him, know his mannerisms and listen to his style of speech to somehow know he is a distant relative of King George II!! :D :D ;)
Title: Re: Eeeek Prince Boris
Post by: HolyCount on 21 August 2008, 18:20:58
Yet to watch that one -- got it on my sky box waiting.  Am cr*p at history -- Lizzie will no doubt know ...... was George 1 Hanovarian ? Therefore not really "British Royalty". He was, however, a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire .... therefore I bow before him !
Title: Re: Eeeek Prince Boris
Post by: FRE07962128 on 21 August 2008, 18:56:05
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Yet to watch that one -- got it on my sky box waiting.  Am cr*p at history -- Lizzie will no doubt know ...... was George 1 Hanovarian ? Therefore not really "British Royalty". He was, however, a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire .... therefore I bow before him !

Yes indeed HC, George I was a German House of Hanover import in 1714 who could not speak English.  Sir Robert Walpole became our first Prime Minister in 1721 to stabilise what had become a very difficult political situation with George losing interest in his Government due mainly to his lack of English speaking ability and the country never looked back. ;)
Title: Re: Eeeek Prince Boris
Post by: HolyCount on 21 August 2008, 19:45:10
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Yet to watch that one -- got it on my sky box waiting.  Am cr*p at history -- Lizzie will no doubt know ...... was George 1 Hanovarian ? Therefore not really "British Royalty". He was, however, a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire .... therefore I bow before him !

Yes indeed HC, George I was a German House of Hanover import in 1714 who could not speak English.  Sir Robert Walpole became our first Prime Minister in 1721 to stabilise what had become a very difficult political situation with George losing interest in his Government due mainly to his lack of English speaking ability and the country never looked back. ;)

Ah well -- Boris is only a "Pretender" then ::) I prefer the Plantagenet bloodline meself  ;)
Title: Re: Eeeek Prince Boris
Post by: HolyCount on 21 August 2008, 21:46:28
Just a thought ---- the Hanovarian connection would go a long way to explaining Boris's eccentricities ( verging on insanity)  ::)