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    The Royal family are a bit of an enigma, for many reasons – one being the fact that you never really hear their last name. Just like Cher, Madonna and Prince, the Royals’ surname is an afterthought. This is because, up until the early 20th century, they had no last name at all. Kings and princes were instead known by the names of the county they ruled, according to the royal family’s official website. It states: The names of dynasties tended to change when the line of succession was taken by a rival faction within the family (for example, Henry IV and the Lancastrians, Edward IV and the Yorkists, Henry VII and the Tudors), or when succession passed to a different family branch through females (for example, Henry II and the Angevins, James I and the Stuarts, George I and th...

    Motorists drive by a radar part of an average speed measuring system near Englos, northern France. Hundreds of thousands of British motorists will face fines for speeding in Europe under new rules coming in on Saturday. For the first time UK drivers who get caught by speed cameras going too fast on roads in countries including France, the Netherlands and Belgium will face fines of up to £640. However a quirk of the European law will crate a "one way" system in which Europeans caught speeding in the UK cannot be pursued by British police. It comes just as millions of British families are preparing to set off on summer holidays around Europe. In just one year an estimated half a million UK motorists will face prosecution for driving offences in France alone. Under the new ru...