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32 Royally Messed-Up Facts About the Royal Family and Other World Leaders

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32 Royally Messed-Up Facts About the Royal Family and Other World Leaders

May 19, 2024

We should make a rule that says if a guy consumes the pulverized skulls of the Irish, thinking it's going to cure the fatal stroke he’s suffering, that guy and his family don’t get to rule the world. Deal?

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When traveling, the Royal Family must pack an all-black outfit. They must be prepared and have something to wear in case something tragic happens. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Members of British Parliament are not allowed to eat or drink in chambers. With one weird exception: Chancellors can drink alcohol while delivering the Budget Speech. GRAGKED.COM — Source

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Egyptian Pharaohs had to blow their loads in the Nile River. P They believed that the Egyptian god Atum's prolific ejaculation is what caused the Nile to flow, and that Pharaohs should strip naked and follow suit to keep it moving. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Britain's Royal Prince is required to be two steps behind his wife while they are in public. This follows the order of precedence, where the most respected person should always be at the front. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Aztec rulers can't let even one of their feet touch the ground. Aztecs believed that their strong tonalli (souls) can have a huge impact on the universe when they touch the soil. Instead of walking, they were carried using palanquins. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Royals must keep at least six ravens in the Tower of London. WHITE TOWER Class 1080 John Flamsteed, a 17th-century astronomical observator, told King Charles II that if the tower ravens ever leave the White Tower, the Kingdom would collapse. They've kept the tradition ever since. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Members of the Royal Family aren't allowed to play Monopoly. TM SUPER NT ROAD SHOPSGATE MAY PAY OUR 1. KINGS ROAF COLLECT E600K 2.Kg C2M AS YOU PASS EAM GO Apparently, the game can get too vicious and cause conflicts within the family, according to Prince Andrew. GRACKED.COM — Source

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A White House tradition requires the current first lady to have some tea with the incoming first lady. She also needs to give her successor a tour of the White House. GRACKED.COM — Source

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The First lady isn't allowed to open the windows of cars and the White House for security reasons. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Buddhist monks can't be touched by women. If they are, accidentally or not, they need to go back to the temple and cleanse themselves by performing rituals. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Medieval Japanese Emperors were forbidden to touch any blade. Because of this, handmaidens were tasked to trim the emperor's nails, hair, and beard using only their teeth. GRACKED.COM — Source

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The Emperor of Japan is forbidden from eating a famous Japanese delicacy. Fugu (Pufferfish), usually eaten raw as sashimi, contain tetrodotoxin, a poison that has no known antidote. When served correctly, however, it does not pose any health threats. GRAGKED.COM — Source

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Queen Elizabeth isn't allowed to sit on a throne that isn't hers. It's not allowed even on fictional thrones, which is why she didn't sit on the Iron Throne when she visited the Game of Thrones set. GRAGKED.COM — Source

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Royal undertakers of the deceased King of Tonga can't use their hands for 100 days. After taking care of the King's body, the undertakers, called Nima Тари, have to ask for assistance from other people for eating, scratching, or pretty much any other activity involving hands. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Popes can't donate their organs. Their bodies belong to the Church and must be whole when they die. Although they can still have an organ donor's card as an act of love. GRACKED.COM — Source

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U.S.™ Presidents are required to plan their funerals after they move into the White House. N This is so they can put their personal touches on the funeral and decide how they want to be remembered. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Nintendo banned Shigero Miyamoto, the creator of Super Mario, from biking to work. His life is too valuable, and biking is too dangerous, to allow him to take the risk. So he drives, which is apparently considered safer. GRACKED.COM — Source

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U.S. presidents and vice presidents-even former ones-are not allowed to drive. This is a lifetime precautionary measure enforced after the JFK assassination. GRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM The Queen actually did influence proposed legislation It's not well-known, but the Queen's Consent is a procedure in which the British government has to ask the monarch's permission in order for parliament to debate laws that will affect them. There's strong evidence that the Queen used it several times during her reign, including influencing a draft of race relations legislation in 1968. — Source

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CRACKED.COM The British Monarchy was sympathetic to Nazis at first УБ Prince Edward (Queen Elizabeth Il's uncle who would become King for less than a year) had a friendly meeting with Hitler in 1937. There's evidence that he visited the early stages of a concentration camp. A 1933 17-second video leaked of Queen Elizabeth II as a child being taught to do a Nazi salute. — Source

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CRACKED.COM King Charles II drank human skulls King Charles II paid a lot of money to drink a tincture called The King's Drops. Made from human skulls from Ireland, the cannibalistic alcohol mixture was thought to be medicinal. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Prince Philip was notorious for saying racist things What were often noted as silly gaffes in the British press were actually incredibly offensive statements, including one time telling a British student studying in China, By the time you go back home you'll have slitty eyes, and another time asking an Indigenous Australian person, Do you still throw spears at each other? — Source

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CRACKED.COM Prince Andrew settled a sexual assault lawsuit Still eighth in line to the throne, Prince Andrew settled a lawsuit in which he was accused of raping a teenager while she was at the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's mansion and private island. The financial terms of the settlement, including where the money came from, is unknown. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Queen Victoria used to proudly display looted artifacts In 1897, Queen Victoria had an exhibit made in Windsor Castle as a museum of relics of past sovereigns. Artifacts from India, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, and across the British Empire were displayed for visitors to see. The long history of looting makes us wonder the full history of both the Royal Collection and the royal's private collections of art and artifacts. The monarch is exempt from the 2017 Cultural Property, which makes it an offense to obtain unlawfully exported cultural property. — Source

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CRACKED.COM The royal family has never formally apologized for slavery In 2022, Prince Williams expressed profound sorrow for the British slave trade during a trip to Jamaica. The comment directly addressing slavery was unusual for the royal but fell short of what many activists demanded. The Royal African Company shipped more enslaved Africans to the Americas than any other company and was owned entirely by the English Crown. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Around 6 million enslaved people were taken on British ships The Royal African Company was established by the Duke of York (who would become King James II), with help from his brother King Charles II. Between 1690 and 1807, an estimated six million people were taken from Africa to the Americas on British or British American ships, with the protection of the British royal family and parliament. The profits of the trading of enslaved people helped to fund the Treasury, Britain's industries, and the royal family's wealth. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Diamonds in the Crown Jewels were probably stolen The 1.37-pound Cullinan Diamond was the largest diamond ever found, discovered in South Africa and now split into several diamonds that are a part of the crown jewels. Buckingham Palace says they were a gift from the British colony of the Transvaal Republic, but Black township leaders in South Africa claim they were stolen and demand their return. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Royal boys have to wear shorts until they're 8 years old Okay, by no means a terrible offense, but it's truly wild that for tradition's sake, boys in the royal family must wear shorts in the middle of winter. — Source

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CRACKED.COM The Queen was estimated to be worth $442.92 million In 2016, the Sunday Times estimated her net worth. The royal family gets a chunk of money from British taxpayers called the Sovereign Grant, which was estimated to be $107.1 million in 2019. That money goes towards property upkeep, utilities, payroll, and travel. About another $27 million comes from the Duchy of Lancaster, which is a portfolio of real estate that's been in the royal family for hundreds of years. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Queen Elizabeth I explicitly supported the first English slave trade In 1562, John Hawkins was the first known Englishman to enslave African people. The queen approved of his journey, where he stole 300 people and traded them for hides, ginger, and sugar. In 1564, the queen gave him a vessel for his next voyage. — Source

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CRACKED.COM No one in the royal family visited their mentally disabled family members Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon (the Queen's first cousins) were sent to Royal Earlswood Hospital in 1941, when they were 22 and 15, respectively. The 1963 Burke's Peerage reported the sisters as dead. There's no official record of anyone in the family visiting or sending gifts or cards. Nerissa died in 1986 and Katherine in 2014, both in the hospital's care. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Buckingham Palace banned people of color from working in clerical jobs In 1968, the Queen's chief financial officer said that it was not, in fact, the practice to appoint coloured immigrants or foreigners to office jobs in the royal household. The first record of people of color working in the royal household was in the 1990s. The Queen hired her first Black assistant in 2017. She was personally exempted from discrimination laws for over forty years. — Source

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