Beacuse, at the moment, the Great British Pound is exactly that. It's stronger than the euro, it's regulated by britan and it is minted in the royal mint.
Long live the queen (or something like that)
Hmm, just wondering. Why do you think windows phone is better than android?
Android is easy to hack about with, custom roms, the source is open and out there (most of it anyway)and generally has great usibility.