“It is a matter of some debate as to whether the duties involved cleaning the king’s anus, but the groom is known to have been responsible for supplying a bowl, water and towels and also for monitoring the king’s diet and bowel movements and liaising with the Royal Doctor about the king’s health.”

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    1 year ago

    Is this for real?

    … Groom of the Stool became a powerful official involved in setting national fiscal policy, under the “chamber system”.

    I know that Wikipedia is usually pretty good at quickly killing joke articles, but did they maybe miss this?