When Prince William becomes king, he will be the forty-fourth monarch since William the Conqueror who was crowned in 1066.
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The Queen and her husband are both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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On April Fool's Day in 1977, the UK newspaper The Guardian ran a 7 page feature on the discovery of the fictitious island nation of "San Seriffe."
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Englishmen drink more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans)
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US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Omar bin Laden (Osama's son) was denied citizenship in Britain in 2007 because "Omar failed to provide his father's permanent address".
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