>Jo, what about Scottish monarchs?

Good point. I'm knee deep in the Scottish Wars of Independence with the kids. (Wading in the **** most of the time, so I keep my mouth shut).

In my day, most English childrens' knowledge of Scottish Kings and Queens started with Mary Queen of Scots and ended with James VI/I with a bit of Shakespeare (literally) thrown in. These days we have the Mel Gibson view of history. I'll have to brush up, it's all a bit tricky politically.

(Perhaps tsuwm, personal grammar advisor, would like to check my dubious ' in the last paragraph!)

For those of you who would like the full list of Scottish Kings and Queens, here are a couple of good websites. As a non-native, I'm not aware of any amnemonics but I'm sure there will be something out there.

http://www.duffus.com/scottishkings.htm
http://www.nwlink.com/~scotlass/