Yes, had some interesting experiences in that regard. While living in the States, we once met a couple at a social function that proudly told us they were Dutch (without knowing we are Dutch), so when I inquired about their Dutch language skills and passports etc, it became clear that they weren't Dutch at all. They were of Dutch descent (4th generation or so), which is very different from being Dutch...
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While the ‘foreign’ argument could be trotted out for previous monarchs and even for future King Charles, I think that thanks to Diana Spencer and Catherine Middleton this will no longer work. Everyone knows how British Diana and Catherine’s bloodlines are
Even the staunchest republicans would be hard pressed to claim that future King George VII isn’t British enough, with Diana, Carole and Mike as 3/4 of his grandparents.
Though he most likely self-identified as Norman
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Yep, as I said above Norman = Norsemen or North-men.William I wasn't the first King of England, as Wyevale said, although royal history books annoyingly often only start with him. William's wife was descended from the Anglo-Saxon kings, as was Henry I's wife.
And the Normans were originally from Scandinavia ... so it just goes on and on
They were Vikings. 
Yep, as I said above Norman = Norsemen or North-men.
In the same vein, "Brittany" was named due to all of the British Celts who fled across the Channel to escape the Anglo-Saxons, and the Scots went across the Irish Sea from what is now Northern Ireland to assimilate the Picts. Ain't History Grand!!
. And Russia is named after the Rus, who were probably Vikings like the Normans were.
And the Irish migrated from northern Spain [emoji23]Yep, as I said above Norman = Norsemen or North-men.
In the same vein, "Brittany" was named due to all of the British Celts who fled across the Channel to escape the Anglo-Saxons, and the Scots went across the Irish Sea from what is now Northern Ireland to assimilate the Picts. Ain't History Grand!!
And, indeed, France is named after the Germanic Franks
The Queen is descended from the Anglo-Saxon Kings of England, from the Royal Houses of Scotland, from the Normans, from Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, and from the pre-conquest Princes of Wales. Not too many other people can say that about themselves!
There's also a theory that Queen Elizabeth is descended from the Tang emperors of China.
I believe I read on another board that the most recent common ancestor of all of the current monarchs of Europe is George II of the UK - but my memory may be faulty...
