As quoted in The Observer [London] (3 July 1977)
“Elizabeth II is a direct descendant of William the Conqueror. Yet it is quite probable that she bares not a single one of the old king's genes.”
Source: The Selfish Gene (1976, 1989), Ch. 11. Memes: the new replicators
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