A Calumny!

[steepholm]

Walking home from Temple Meads today, I saw that Easton has given its own verdict on the proclamation.



Of course, I can't approve this, as it's been several generations since a king of England employed a Groom of the Stool.

Comments

[jadelennox]

But I have been reliably informed by the british press that everyone in the UK is an ardent royalist.

[steepholm]

There are still pockets of demurral!

[poliphilo]

Makes you proud to be British!

[cmcmck]

My republican soul smiles hugely! :o)

[larryhammer]

Which monarch last employed a Groom of the Stool? George III had 'em, I know -- any since?

[steepholm]

The title lasted until the twentieth century (just), modified to the more decorous-sounding 'Groom of the Stole' - but I'm not sure who was the last person to get down and dirty with it.