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[–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

That's a fascinating historical nugget. I wonder if he would have actually gone through with it? That would have been hilarious. How would they get picked?

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  • He (King George V) would have done it (in 1911). Asquith (the Prime Minister) told him that his father (King Edward VII) had promised to do it before his death in 1910 and King George assented. Asquith actually prepared lists with hundreds of names on them.

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