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An occasional sight-gag in these pages, referencing George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence who, having been convicted of treason against his brother,<ref>Or possible treason against the fashionable hairdo.</ref> Edward IV, was executed, allegedly by being drowned in a [[butt of Malmsey]] wine, though by the bard’s telling of it, this was all at the hands of Richard III.
{{g}}An occasional sight-gag in these pages, referencing George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence who, having been convicted of treason against his brother,<ref>Or possible treason against the fashionable hairdo.</ref> Edward IV, was executed, allegedly by being drowned in a [[butt of Malmsey]] wine, though by the bard’s telling of it, this was all at the hands of Richard III.


It would make a great play.
It would make a great play.

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An occasional sight-gag in these pages, referencing George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence who, having been convicted of treason against his brother,[1] Edward IV, was executed, allegedly by being drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine, though by the bard’s telling of it, this was all at the hands of Richard III.

It would make a great play.

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  1. ↑ Or possible treason against the fashionable hairdo.
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