kingfisher241049

http://themonarchist.blogspot.com/20...ry-repays.html

Lets see where the "Special Relationship" goes from here!!

anotherlimey

Knowing American banks, I'm sure they'll add a fee on for something...

California Dreamin'

And about bloody time too. How long has it took them, sixty some years ? I hope they've paid the interest too.

Bob

and the US has paid how much of her debt over the years?

California Dreamin'

I don't know. Give us a clue. If the US stopped paying out to the rest of the world, we'd all be multi-millionaires. And not only that, we've got Beckham now. He'll turn the economy around.

Silly Sod

And if Saudi Arabia called in it's debts you'd all be living on the streets tommorow. Not to mention China.

ali_j

for a few hundred billiion, we can invade somewhere if you like...

JAJ

Of course Britain paid the interest. The reason the debt was paid off on-schedule and not early is that the interest rate was lower than what became common in later times.