The game, you see, is to pick a royal house or cadet family branch and argue that they secretly invented England; before whatever team you’ve picked England cannot be said to truly exist, no matter how convoluted the reasoning. The previous kings styled themselves too French, or too Mercian, or thought about Spain more than was appropriate, and no one was England yet.
There'll Always Be An England, But The Question Is, Since When? - how Francis I made Henry VIII invent England to go back home to in a snit after the Field of the Cloth of Gold. (I’m sorry, I don’t know how to format that title properly or include a picture of Francis and his Nose.)
I am less worried about you now, because no one in serious danger of lasting unhappiness could make a good White Ship joke.
There'll Always Be An England, But The Question Is, Since When? - how Francis I made Henry VIII invent England to go back home to in a snit after the Field of the Cloth of Gold. (I’m sorry, I don’t know how to format that title properly or include a picture of Francis and his Nose.)