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packman

(16,296 posts)
Mon Apr 10, 2017, 11:32 AM Apr 2017

Grooms of the Stool - Bannon, et al., in Trump's entourage





'From the 1500s into the 1700s, British kings appointed lucky nobles the strangely prestigious chance to perform the king’s most private task of the day, as the Groom of the Stool.

This is not the glamorous job you normally would imagine in a palace, but being Groom of the Stool—named for the close stool, the king’s 16th-century toilet—was actually a highly coveted position in the royal house. Every day, as the king sat on his padded, velvet-covered close stool, he revealed secrets. He asked for counsel, and could even hear of the personal and political woes of his personal groom, and offer to help."


Interesting bit of history:

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/king-toilet-attendant-england
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Grooms of the Stool - Bannon, et al., in Trump's entourage (Original Post) packman Apr 2017 OP
Or in the case of Bannon, et al.. Permanut Apr 2017 #1
Doesn't this apply more to his Twitter followers? 6000eliot Apr 2017 #2
How to be #1 in the #2 business...... Historic NY Apr 2017 #3
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