Oh dear, what will I get up to next?

I watched an online SBS movie of Queen Victoria the other night and became very curious about her ancestry.  Then, while I was upstairs earlier this morning, I came across a book called 'Victoria's Wars'.  These two things have set me off researching the British Monarchy from King Offa in the 700s to the present day.  (I printed 21 pages then discovered I've got a book with it all in!)  I'm mainly interested in how they've acquired so much wealth over the years.  And what would become of all the golden carriages and diamond jewellery if royalty ever disappeared (which I don't think it will)?  This is a good site:  http://www.royal.gov.uk/ 


Curiously, in the book there's a bit written by Victoria herself at the time of her coronation, which sounds just like my comment on London a couple of weeks ago:  There was never anything seen like the state of this town; it is as if the population had been on a sudden quintupled; the uproar, the confusion, the crowd, the noise, are indescribable...the town all mob, thronging, bustling, gaping, and gazing at everything, at anything, or at nothing;


To be honest, I felt quite claustrophobic and couldn't get out quickly enough.  Appropriate cliche:  Nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there... 


Good to find comments from you Olga, added to the old regulars.  Michael, are you about??