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Super Dyke Ellen DeGeneres tweeted a while ago: "It's a boy! So happy for my cousin Kate and the future King of England."
But there hasn't been a King of England since William III in the early 18th Century - and there won't be again, unless (or until) the United Kingdom splinters completely.
Ellen, like 99% of Americans fails to understand that the Queen's home nation is the 'United Kingdom', not England which is just one region within the country along with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland," says Robert Blackburn, a professor of constitutional law at King's College London. "The 'United Kingdom' is shorthand for the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'."
Star presenters on CBS News and ABC News also proclaimed the baby as "the future king of England"
This seems to be a common misunderstanding in the US.
Even the reputable New York Times angered many Scots last week when it marked Andy Murray's Wimbledon triumph with a tweet that said: "After 77 years, Murray and England rule"
Discuss.