Which Reminds Me

Wikipedia tells us that the Strickland family had some family connection to Catherine Parr, who was the sixth wife of King Henry VIII. She was the one who outlived him. She had already had two husbands before Henry and after Henry she married Thomas Seymour, by whom she had a daughter, Mary Seymour. So, yes, those royal connections can get very confusing. Even so, our ancestors migrated to America not long afterward and since then have not had occasion to know more of English royalty than what is seen in the media. It's not like they would have some reason to personally call us for any reason, especially not after the Boston tea party. Yes, we can easily understand about their reluctance to trade with Boston, given Boston's penchant for industrial pollution of the bay waters mainly for commercial gain. Even so, that said, we cannot just blast Boston off the planet. We might need Boston for something. Boston is a rather important city in the whole scheme of things. So here we are at loggerheads, because, um, so?