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Spank86 t1_j6nxb43 wrote
I love that this is a "tradition". I figure the first few kings were probably going, early morning tomorrow i should save some time and kip near westminster abbey, and a few monarchs down the line everyone has to do it.
makomirocket t1_j6ofq68 wrote
That's pretty much how traditions work?
You invite the family over for Christmas because it's your turn, you go for a walk to the woods because you know it's nice and want to show the family.
Next year, the people whose turn it is have to drop out for work, mum and dad are having building work done, so you offer to do it at yours again. It snows this year so you guys do the walk again because it'll be special to see the nice walk in the snow.
By year 3, if you do it again then "it wouldn't be Christmas if we didn't do the special Christmas walk at Jane and John's" until you moved
Spank86 t1_j6owybz wrote
Well yeah but thats become a tradition because its a nice thing to do. It wasn't like at christmas you went for a walk in the woods because you needed to go post your credit card bill off and it was the quickest way and eventually everyone was like oh we have to go post johns credit card cheque. its a Christmas tradition, and you're like its 2022! Who pays credit card ls by cheque anymore. But somehow you're still walking.
TurelSun t1_j6paf51 wrote
Yea but there is a little bit of a difference here. One is talking about regular people falling into a tradition with family, the other is someone taking over as an autocratic ruler of a country and scraping the barrel for every shred of legitimacy they can muster to convince everyone they're ordained by god to be their authority. If your predecessor or several of them did a thing, well just in case you might as well too.
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Off-With-Her-Head t1_j6pjcd0 wrote
No King has ever slept in this bed:
The state bed later suffered damage in a fire and a new one was built in 1859 measuring 6ft long and 12ft high, made of walnut with gilt inlay.
As grand as the bed is, none of the subsequent monarchs chose to take up the offer of a sleepover in Parliament.
big_duo3674 t1_j6p6s12 wrote
Of course there's still the one real question that everyone wants to know: Is it in fact a king-sized bed, or have we just been lied to by mattress companies for years?
Prong1978 t1_j6oc2hs wrote
Regardless of the Pound symbol is the price, I still thought this article was going to be about Elvis Presley.
Sir_Loin_Cloth t1_j6omxst wrote
Lol I've been to Graceland. This bed would not be out of place.
browneyedgirl65 t1_j6onfbm wrote
That's what I thought until I worked out that no, the BBC was unlikely to be writing about that ha ha. Didn't spot the pound note immediately.
ulalumelenore t1_j6odi0z wrote
I was very firmly under the impression that it was traditional that the monarch spent the night before at the Tower.
EyeMidsvast t1_j6oxm7l wrote
So was I. Looks like I have some reading to do.
janroney t1_j6p0ose wrote
So is this the picture of the bed in question? Or is this another useless article with no picture as the internet tends to do?
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sancti1 t1_j6p7cms wrote
That’s a funny story. Thanks for posting. Man I wish I lived somewhere where there was a lot of history
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BarKnight OP t1_j6n7rf8 wrote
>Since William the Conqueror in 1066, there had been a tradition that monarchs would spend the night at the Palace of Westminster before they ascended to the throne.
Now this bed isn't quite that old. It dates to 1859, yet somehow after WWII ended up at an antique auction.