Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
Missed off France - we used to hold that as well at one point.........
Used to? Poitou, Anjou and Acquitaine are still sovereign british territory as far as I am concerned.
Reminds me of the apocryphal report of the conversation when GWB's team made enquiries about the cost of acquiring the freehold of the US Embassy in london from the Duke of Westminster. The Duke responded that the freehold need not be at all expensive - in favct he would be prepared to exchange it for the simple return of one of his family possessions.
"Oh, which one?" the US ambassador asked
"Virginia" was the reply...
PDR