Talk:Mnemonic verses of monarchs in England

message: One seven six oh yards in a mile
Good king George took the throne with a smile.
This gives you both that there are 1,760 yards in a mile, and that George III became king in 1760. Jhobson1 (talk) 12:26, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another royal mnemonic 

message: Contrary to one of the newer versions of the mnemonic, he's indicated his preference to be King George VII in honour of his grandfather. Also, he said he didn't want to sound like a dog. Regnal names are often different from actual first names.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.51.14.103 (talk) 14:19, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: This is incorrect. He is now known as King Charles III. EmilySarah99 (talk) 02:50, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prince Charles won't be King Charles 

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message: There is discussion of "Cultural depictions" categories at User talk:Dimadick#Cultural depictions ... and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories#What constitutes a "Cultural representation"?. PamD 17:03, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Categories 

message: I will remove the 'Anglo-Saxon kings' section, because the verse is a clear copyright violation. The text is attributed to Paul Drayton (born 1944). Moreover, the cited source is an unacceptable self-published source. Verbcatcher (talk) 18:36, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I finally found  a legitimate site with the full lyrics of "A Rough Guide to the Royal Succession (It's just one damn King after another…)" ... and it is in no way a mnemonic verse, just a (rather splendid) long verse listing all the kings and queens from Cerdic and Ceolwulf to QE2. So it's irrelevant to this article, though an entertaining read. So I don't know where the short lines about the Anglo-Saxon kings, quoted in the now-deleted section, came from, but it wasn't from that verse as show in the CD booklet for the Kings Singers recording! PamD 19:13, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text:  well found, the King's Singers' song is totally different from the 'Ethels -wulf, -bald, -bert and -red' version. However, both lyrics look modern and are probably under copyright. We could mention 'A Rough Guide to the Royal Succession' in the 'Published versions' paragraph (without an extended quotation), but I think it is too remote from our topic. Verbcatcher (talk) 19:44, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tweaked the article to include "other" verses, as neither the Horrible Histories song nor the King's Singers one is a variant of the main thing, nor a mnemonic, but just an annotated listing of the monarchs! Having tracked down the Drayton lyrics it seemed a pity not to link to them. PamD 20:07, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: A Rough Guide to the Royal Succession