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Originally posted by skalla
reply to post by FreedomEntered
bearing in mind that those at the top of the social heap enjoyed the most varied diet, relatively superior hygiene, got plenty of rest and trained from an early age for war (eg riding, sword play etc for males).. as well as avoiding the grinding drudgery of serfdom, it's no surprise that they looked the way they did.
ETA: there is a saying in the uk re attractive noble's daughters - "it took centuries of careful in-breeding to look this good" !!
edit on 7-2-2013 by skalla because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by skalla
amusingly, the leader of scarborouh borough council has called for the remains to be buried at york minster, as he grew up in the area, and rather brilliantly, says leicester cannot be trusted to rebury him as they misplaced the body for 500 years!
he's started a petition which has 1000's of signatures already....you just cant beat bluff yorkshiremen
www.bbc.co.uk...
Originally posted by skalla
reply to post by HelenConway
through the fug of my sunday morning hangover (quite the doozy!) i almost heard a radio report about a plan to bury him at some out of the way church near his birthplace i think, and it was suggested that this would be a bad idea due to the intense short term interest and huge visitor numbers requiring infrastructure investment that had no long term future (as interest would die off in a couple of years).
i think york minster sounds like the most reasonable place to bury the remains.
Originally posted by FreedomEntered
reply to post by HelenConway
Actually I dont think it was the royality I fancied.
www.bbc.co.uk...#/search/l ocated_at/national-trust-lacock-abbey-fox-talbot-museum-and-village-4975_locations?=&page=1
Have a look at their faces. Very similar to each other too. They are the upper crusts of British Society.edit on 7-2-2013 by FreedomEntered because: (no reason given)