Mildly interesting
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The job is still out there, tho' now called "Groom of the Robes."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groom_of_the_Robes
But maybe not in a so intimate position. Henry VIII seems to have other occupants than the one in Wiki.
@Tom-K said in Mildly interesting:
The job is still out there, tho' now called "Groom of the Robes."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groom_of_the_Robes
But maybe not in a so intimate position. Henry VIII seems to have other occupants than the one in Wiki.
I dunno. I could see good King Charles maintaining the tradition.
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Imagine gathering moss daily, and selecting the softest for His Majesty. No twigs or holly thank you.
We've only used paper for about a hundred years. One of my grandmothers was born in the 1880's and died in the 1970's. Would love to have asked her about the transition from moss to newspaper to izal...