Now it can be told. Donald “I know what I'm doing” Trump says that during his state visit to the UK, he suggested the King might adopt a new title: “I asked King Charles, why don't we call you Charles the Conqueror?"

The King declined politely. What he knew, and Trump probably didn't know, is that the victor of Hastings, 1066, was widely known, thanks to his parentage, as William the Bastard.

Norman trivia: Some modern historians, pointing to the incredibly fortunate mix of fine weather and a Viking attack in the north of England which........

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