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Absolute state of this.
Young lad purchases a baseball bat in "Modern England".
As soon as he leaves the store, police grab him for "carrying a weapon".
The bat is literally still in it's plastic covering.
Edward VII was crowned in the Abbey #onthisday in 1902. The coronation had originally been set for 26 June but the king fell ill with appendicitis a few days beforehand and had to have surgery. The coronation was rescheduled and went relatively smoothly, although at the moment of crowning, after he appeared to drop the crown, the Archbishop of Canterbury placed the crown on the King's head the wrong way round.