To be very pedantic, if Charles croaks in the next couple of months he will be the shortest reigning…

prokopetz:

prokopetz:

To be very pedantic, if Charles croaks in the next couple of months he will be the shortest reigning King of England of his line. The shortest reigning King of England period is apparently some asshole named Sweyn Forkbeard who reigned for like five weeks in the year 1014.

Like, I need to emphasise that this guy spent the better part of two decades of his life trying to conquer England, staged at least four separate invasions, finally succeeded, seized the throne, then promptl...