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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 11, 2015
Margarethe of Denmark is also a great-great-grandchild of Victoria, as is Harald of Denmark.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 11, 2015
Christian IX of Denmark was a co-star in the arrangement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_descendants_of_Queen_Victoria_and_King_Christian_IX
Josephine de Beauharnais, who was Napoleon's first wife, comes close, in that her son is an ancestor of many European monarchs
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Josephine_de_Beauharnais
But, anyway, Queen Elizabeth has been on her throne for a long time. She's not allowed to vote, but she also can't be arrested. I can't get my mind around either of those two things, probably because I grew up in a very different political system. 
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Icy North Posted Sep 11, 2015
She's also not allowed to enter the House of Commons.
Or the 19th at St Andrews.
Actually, I'm not sure about that last one.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 11, 2015
I wouldn't be surprised if the Magna Carta lists a lot of things she's not allowed to do.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 11, 2015
She's not allowed to enter the City of London without stopping at the Temple Bar and asking permission (and having a pint, no doubt).
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 11, 2015
On my side of the ocean, the most famous Temple Bar is located in New Haven, is also known as Mory's, and has been made famous by Yale's Whiffenpoofs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njvdAh4fw-Q
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mory%27s
What I don't know is whether they would open their doors to the Queen.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Sep 12, 2015
I was being slightly misleading there. London's Temple Bar isn't actually a pub. It is a monument in the middle of the road. Originally it was a gate.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 12, 2015
In the early 1600s, laws were passed forbidding Catholics from living within ten miles of London. At least the sovereign was allowed to get to the gates of London, and hopefully enter.
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