Bill could soon be 'Lord' Clinton

[Zygote]

from Reuters:

"LONDON. Former President Bill Clinton has been suggested for what is considered to be Britain's oldest military honor, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, a post which can be traced back to 1226.
If he is selected to succeed the last warden, the Queen Mother, who died in 2002, he would be technically responsible for repelling an invasion of the southeast coast of England."

[ShooterJM]

Forgive me a cruel chuckle..........


heheheehehehehe

[Albinonewt]

I too will chuckle

[Cryer]

Originally posted by Albinonewt
I too will chuckle

And, I, third...

*ahem*

teeheehee

[graycie]

ha! it will never happen

[cphilip]

I'd prolly just throw up.

[Cryer]

Originally posted by cphilip
I'd prolly just throw up.

Originally posted by Zygote
from Reuters:...If he is selected to succeed the last warden... he would be technically responsible for repelling an invasion of the southeast coast of England."

I'd invade England...

[Sir_Brass]

Those poor poor brits. I feel sorry for them, having one of their politicians degrade such an old title by giving it to that adulterous sleezebag.

[Zygote]

If its been passed down through the royal family then I'm sure its already been through a couple adulterous sleezebags.

I thought only native Englishmen could receive titles. Did they change that at some point?

[Albinonewt]

Originally posted by Zygote
I thought only native Englishmen could receive titles. Did they change that at some point?

Yes and no.

To my knowledge some are open to everyone and some are not.

I don't really remember which ones though. There's so many.

[p8ntball1016]

Originally posted by Albinonewt


Yes and no.

To my knowledge some are open to everyone and some are not.

I don't really remember which ones though. There's so many.

I think that anyone can recieve a title, but you can only be called by it if you are a British Citizen.

[ShooterJM]

Don't you have to make walmer castle your official residence if you get it?

[member#10,261]

If Bill gets it...

I'm going to grab my 9
Steel a boat
and Invade England via the southeast coast

Come on...none of them have guns (no first ammendment)
and becides...its BILL

[1stdeadeye]

ROFL!!!

In event of invasion, Bill would fly to Russia, smoke pot and protest it!

[Jeffy-CanCon]

Originally posted by Sir_Brass
Those poor poor brits. I feel sorry for them, having one of their politicians degrade such an old title by giving it to that adulterous sleezebag.

I gotta agree with that. Sure, I bet some of the previous hlders of hat post were sleazebags, but at least they would have been BRITISH sleazebags. Giving such an honour to a foreigner is shameful. IMO, it would be a slap in the face to both Brits and Yanks alike.

SFAIK, most British titles are "available" to anyone. catholics in the Royal family being the one exception that comes to mind. BUT, whether or not the title would be recognized or permitted in your own country is another question. Gen. Schwarzkopf was knighted after Gulf War 1, but doesn't get called "Sir Norman" in the USA. Canadian newspaper magnate Conrad Black was given a peerage (made a Baronet) a few years ago, but our Prime Minister refused to let him accept it. So Black renounced his Canadian citizenship and moved to England. He is now Lord Black of Crossharbour.