never could figure out why england even wastes money on a queen that does nothing and has no authority.
From what I understand the Royal bloodline goes all the way back to the Kings of Israel and the House of David .
Let's face it those various dynasties and kingdoms which arose during the dark ages, started out with a thug, who gathered many warrior thugs about himself, to claim land & domain.
Starting with small holdings, they each struck out to conquer their neighboring thug, take over those warrior thugs and expand their land & influence.
The first major dynasty to come about was the Frankish Merovingian dynasty, running from the 400s to the late 700s, whose most notable king was named Clovis.
During the dark ages, the major, political church still held much allegiance among the peasants.. so taking a lesson from Constantine, they decided not to fight the power of the church, but instead utilize it ! How's that for "instant credibility" !
The church bosses,seemed to think it was a win/win strategy too. To legitimize their claim, the Merovingians claimed royal descent..somehow, even from God !
Hey, it worked well for centuries for the Japanese emperor also!
We can still see vestiginal hints at this claim, when the royals are called by such terms as "Lord" and "your worship"!
As the Merovingian dynasty faded out, it was taken over by one of the henchmen of Clovis' son (can't recall his name, I'll have to look it up), but the guy who took over was Charles Martel or "Charles the Hammer"...Father of Charlemagne.
Thus was started the Carolingian dynasty...which led down to today.