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    5 days ago

    King looks out the window

    “I want that land, too. Build a wall around it!”

    “But, your Majesty, we’re still building the castle.”

    “This is more important!”

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      “Tis where I take my strolls!”

      Sire, there is no foliage there…

      “I am a troubled man.”

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      That other wall + moat was put up for defensive purposes. And it worked, because in 1266 Henry III was unsuccessful in his siege of the castle, which lasted 6 months.