Context: During the Irish Great Famine (potato famine), the Ottomans wanted to send £10,000 in aid. The British denied it as the Queen had only sent £2,000 and didn’t want her to be upstaged - so the Ottomans reduced it down to £1,000.
Context: During the Irish Great Famine (potato famine), the Ottomans wanted to send £10,000 in aid. The British denied it as the Queen had only sent £2,000 and didn’t want her to be upstaged - so the Ottomans reduced it down to £1,000.
Ah yes, The Greatest Empire.