RHLSTP 429 - Josh Widdicombe
RHLSTP with Richard Herring
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What Is the Groom of the Stool?
One of the problems with me doing who do you think you are was they kept revealing things because I haven't got a knowledge of history. So there was a bit when one of my relatives, one of the first people they revealed was the Henry of Holland, not Henry Holland, the fashion designer. He basically owned Holland Park, right? Oh, yeah, yeah. His job was to go into the room with the toilet with the king and wipe his arse. But it was a really important job because he's the only person ever left alone with the king. Because even when the king sleeps, there was people around. And he'd have to slip and chat while he was wiping the
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