Hello, Bernard,

Met you at Canterbury last week, had pic taken with you and my son before the ‘show’, which was most entertaining! I’ve been looking at a phenomenal book called British Monarchs by Mike Ashley. He gives all the family trees of the English royal houses, and according to Chart 32, an Earl Uhtred of Northumbria was married to Elgiva, daughter of Ethelred the Unready – they had a daughter called Edith, but no mention of sons. Is it possible that somehow, through this union, (if the chart is accurate), that you are directly descended from Alfred the Great? Of course, you may already be aware of this ‘connection’!

Regards,

Mick