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2006-08-28 Britain

Dig unearths round table evidence at Windsor Castle

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Posted by Threatch Unons6270 2006-08-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Aha ! Verification for Knights of the Roundtable !

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-08-28 01:05|| 2006-08-28 01:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, England's in trouble and only Arthur can unite the country.

our legend's better than you legend, nutjob.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-08-28 01:27|| 2006-08-28 01:27|| Front Page Top

#3 "Beer mug" - is there anything in history it wasn't a part of!? Is there anything that Homer Simpson's beloved donuts can't do?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-08-28 01:28|| 2006-08-28 01:28|| Front Page Top

#4 As Zen and .com have pointed out - it's The Order of the Garter that's gotta go - and damned quick.

Posted by Threatch Unons6270 2006-08-28 01:38|| 2006-08-28 01:38|| Front Page Top

#5 As Zen and .com have pointed out - it's The Order of the Garter that's gotta go - and damned quick.

.com's line actually, and I do believe both he and I intend that only to refer to how we fight the war on terrorism, not general life.

Posted by Zenster 2006-08-28 03:15|| 2006-08-28 03:15|| Front Page Top

#6 We're Knights of the Round Table,
We dance when ere we're able,
We do routines and chorus scenes
With footwork impeccable.
We dine well here in Camelot,
We eat ham and jam and spam a lot.
We're Knights of the Round Table,
Our show are formidable,
But many times, we're given rhymes
That are quite unsingable.
We're Opera mad in Camelot,
We sing from the diaphragm
a looooooot.
In war we're tough and able,
Quite indefatigable,
Between our quests we sequin vests,
And impersonate Clark Gable.
It's a busy life in Camelot,
I have to push the pram a lot.

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Posted by Zenster 2006-08-28 04:38|| 2006-08-28 04:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Aha ! Verification for Knights of the Roundtable !

Yeah, but it's Baldric.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-08-28 05:22|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-08-28 05:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Severe assertion/evidence mismatch. 14th Century is 800-900 years too late for Arthur, and Windsor Castle is nowhere near the right location.

Posted by Fleart Whavise4312 2006-08-28 14:16|| 2006-08-28 14:16|| Front Page Top

#9 300 knights at 2' per knight is a diameter of 191'. Mark me sceptical.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-08-28 14:31|| 2006-08-28 14:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Edward III's Knights of the Garter in the High Middle Ages are not the same as the Dark Ages' King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. That the former may well have been copied after the legends of the latter has nothing to do the results of this dig. When will reporters learn to think!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-28 14:34|| 2006-08-28 14:34|| Front Page Top

#11 Apparently Channel 4's Time Team (sounds like superhero wannabes to me) are much like statisticians. They can manipulate the data to reflect whatever strikes their fancy.

Posted by Vickerina 2006-08-28 15:37|| 2006-08-28 15:37|| Front Page Top

#12 Knights of this order are of the very highest rank amongst "Sirs"

The Oldest and Highest British Order of Chivalry, founded in 1348 by Edward III.

The Order consists of Her Majesty The Queen who is Sovereign of the Order, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and 24 Knights Companions.

Royal Knights

HM Queen Elizabeth
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 1947
HRH The Prince of Wales 1958
HRH The Duke of Kent 1985
HRH The Princess Royal 1994
The Duke of Gloucester 1997

Extra Knights and Ladies

HRH The Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg 1972
HM Queen Margrethe of Denmark 1979
HM King Carl Gustaf of Sweden 1983
HM King Juan Carlos of Spain 1988
HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands 1983
The Emperor of Japan 1998
HM King Harald of Norway 2001
HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy 2003

Knight and Lady Companions

The Duke of Grafton 1976
The Lord Richardson of Duntisbourne 1983
The Lord Carrington 1985
The Duke of Wellington 1990
Field Marshal the Lord Bramall 1990
Sir Edward Heath 1992
The Viscount Ridley 1992
The Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover 1992
The Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen 1994
The Lord Kingsdown 1994
The Lord Ashburton 1994
The Baroness Thatcher 1995
Sir Edmund Hillary 1995
Sir Timothy Colman 1996
The Duke of Abercorn 1999
Sir William Gladstone, Bt 1999
Field Marshal The Lord Inge 2001
Sir Antony Acland 2001
The Duke of Westminster 2003
The Right Honourable Lord Butler of Brockwell 2003
The Right Honourable Lord Morris of Aberavon 2003
The Right Honourable The Lady Soames 2005
The Right Honourable Sir John Major 2005
The Lord Bingham of Cornhill 2005

Posted by john 2006-08-28 16:21|| 2006-08-28 16:21|| Front Page Top

#13 The origin of the symbol of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, a blue 'garter' with the motto Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense will probably never be known for certain as the earliest records of the order were destroyed by fire, however the story goes that at a Ball possibly held at Calais, Joan Countess of Salisbury dropped her garter and King Edward seeing her embarrassment picked it up and bound it about his own leg saying in French, Evil, (or shamed) be he that that thinks evil of it' this is almost certainly a later fiction. This fable appears to have originated in France and was, perhaps, invented to try and bring discredit on the Order. There is a natural unwillingness to believe that the World's foremost Order of Chivalry had so frivolous a beginning.

It is thought more likely that as the garter was a small strap used as a device to attach pieces of armour, it might have been thought appropriate to use the garter as a symbol of binding together in common brotherhood.

Posted by john 2006-08-28 16:24|| 2006-08-28 16:24|| Front Page Top

#14 Oh-oh, Another group with Queen Elizabeth at the head.... Lyndon LaRouche must be salivating ....

Posted by BigEd 2006-08-28 16:29|| 2006-08-28 16:29|| Front Page Top

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