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In a more corporeal vein, the coffin of Charles was opened in 1813 by Sir Henry Halford, the royal surgeon. He could not resist liberating the King’s fourth vertebra, and he turned it into a macabre salt shaker to entertain his guests at dinner. When Queen Victoria, who was partial to the Stuarts, heard of this desecration, she was not amused and forced him to make her ancestor whole again"
— Jul 13, 2023 07:20PM
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