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steepholm ([personal profile] steepholm) wrote2022-09-17 08:50 pm
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A Calumny!

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

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Of course, I can't approve this, as it's been several generations since a king of England employed a Groom of the Stool.
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[personal profile] jadelennox 2022-09-17 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)

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

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[personal profile] steepholm 2022-09-18 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
There are still pockets of demurral!
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[personal profile] poliphilo 2022-09-18 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
Makes you proud to be British!
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2022-09-18 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
My republican soul smiles hugely! :o)
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[personal profile] larryhammer 2022-09-19 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Which monarch last employed a Groom of the Stool? George III had 'em, I know -- any since?
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[personal profile] steepholm 2022-09-19 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
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