Gems from newspaper corrections columns.
A piece on the recent film The Iron Lady said Margaret Thatcher was “the first woman ruler of Britain since Elizabeth I”. Several readers questioned whether “Britain” was correct given Scotland’s separate status during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Be that as it may, the last woman actually to rule Britain – in that she attended most cabinet meetings, unlike Queen Victoria – was Queen Anne, from 1702 to 1714.
