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Charles I'm in Charge Now!
In 1658 Cromwell made the terrible error of stopping being alive. Even though he wasn't a king, the job of Lord Protector went straight to his son. Charles Jr was still hanging around in the Netherlands where he'd been sulking since losing that battle. And when George Monk got in touch and said oh Charles I'll tell you what, do you fancy doing some kinging for us? Charles was like yeah, absolutely, I'm going to be King Charles II, the big sequel.