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Weren't they technically only on loan to us, and supposed to be returned - but as with most things we "borrowed" we kind of forgot the islands weren't ours?
@floppy @frozengriever I think they were put down as a deposit on a queen or something
I had to look that up and, yep, that was a thing that happened.
@sarahdal @floppy @frozengriever Yes, I think it was for 200 years or something - long enough for it to get forgotten about! There was a guy in Orkney spent his life trying to get them back under Norwegian rule.