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Category: Culture, General observations, History and Archaeology
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A recent voluble tour guide was lecturing us about the history of York and, while telling us about the ruins of their abbey, he started a remark:
“And then, when Henry took the throne, he…”
I had to interrupt (being a loud and obnoxious American), “Which Henry?”
He stopped his flow of lecture and blinked. “The Eighth, of course. We’ve only had two monarchs, you know: Henry and Elizabeth. All the rest were just placeholders…”
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