since 1066 it's been Vikings with French accents, same but also part Welsh (the Tudors), a Spaniard, Scots, Dutch, Germans and German-Greeks.
And the English King then only did about 20 years after taking over from some Viking Cnut and his kids.
The Philip of Spain reference really annoys them. Bonus rage points for explaning that many of those monarchs saw England as a minor part of their possessions and spent as little time here as possible.
In a similar vein I like explaining how 'Great' Britain was actually a fuckery like 'Oh you are greater Bretagne now'once they had a pop at us and won
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And the English King then only did about 20 years after taking over from some Viking Cnut and his kids.