Not exactly the actions of an Anti-Nazi…. is it.

Incidenrtally, “Greek” Prince Philip is in fact a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a branch of the House of Oldenburg. He actually adopted the name Mountbatten. Which is funny in itself, because that’s just an Anglacised version of the German Battenberg (as in cake).

So how NOT GERMAN are they really?

The Crown, has nothing to do with the city. It is a corporation sole that rules over the United Kingdom. The City of London Corporation is not the same as The Crown Corporation.

Another issue that is frequently used to slander the British royals is that they are alleged Nazis or of Nazi descent which is completely ignorant of the fact that Elizabeth II reigns because her relative before her in line was a personal friend of Hitler, and was photographed giving Hitler the full Nazi seig heil salute. He didn’t have to abdicate because he wanted to marry a commoner, he was already King and could have married anyone he wanted. He had to abdicate because England was not sympathetic to his friendliness with the German government. If Elizabeth II is such a Nazi, then why did Hitler call her mother the most dangerous woman in Europe? Clearly, the Windsors are definitely not pro-Nazi and rule England because they were against the Nazis.

St Paul’s Cathedral is a major feature of the City of London and I mentioned the very well-known image of it standing relatively unscathed while all around was rubble. The point is that the City most certainly WAS being targeted by German bombers during the Blitz. Here’s another shot of a bomb that ripped a massive hole between the Bank of England and the Stock Exchange: http://www.thesquaremilewalk.com/walks/blitz/images/bank_station.jpg.

Re “I consider there to be enough anomalies to say that it is not part of England.”

It’s certainly a peculiar place, although I haven’t seen anything yet that *really* justifies the statement that the City is “not part of England”. There are certainly some differences from the average English borough – the fact that it is almost entirely non-residential, for one thing. It does have some of the ceremonial trappings of an archaic city-state but it is part of the same legal system (both criminal and civil), does not have its own armed forces (saying it has its own police force doesn’t make it a separate city-state any more than the British Transport Police makes the rail network not part of England), uses the same currency and in just about every general aspect that I can think of is fully integrated into both the surrounding metropolis and country..

You say it’s a “mute [sic] point” about the Corporation of London being a private corporation. I think you’ll find that many town councils up and down the country used to call themselves municipal corporations, so I’m not really sure how this in itself proves that the Corporation of London is unlike other English councils… ;)
This is the kind of thing I was getting at when I mentioned you mixing up truths, half-truths and conjecture – the fact that the City of London’s council calls itself the “Corporation of London” is a bit of a “so what?” really.

Re financial backing of Hitler, this might well be a fruitful area of research. I appreciate it’s an old article and that you’re planning a rewrite. I only found it because I happened to be looking for info on the City of London myself, so hopefully you’ll at least be pleased about its search engine ranking. ;)