Yesterday’s News Today
On this
day in 2002 the Queen Mother died. The queen mother was a big fan of whelks and
every Thursday evening would insist that at least one member of her personal
staff would dress up as the mollusc and walk the corridors of Glamis Castle
reciting the Shakespeare play “MacBeth”, which was set there, before a large dog
was set upon them. To this day the title of the Master Wrangler of the Royal
Thespian Man-Whelk is one of the most sought after positions in the royal staff
even though it has been largely ceremonial since the queen mother's
death.
And now
the news:
The dog
whelk:
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