If he did, word could get out that the head of England’s government was “an invalid with a crippled heart and a doubtful future.” The outcome of the war and the fate of the world could rest on keeping this secret. Then the brothers tried to overthrow Birger in a coup (dubbed the “Håtuna Games”), and the king settled this matter by giving each of them a chunk of the country to rule over. He did not announce this embarrassing fact to the assembled thousand guests, and even though the White House had previously disclosed his hemorrhoid problem, he only admitted that this was the reason for his leaving the party in a memoir he wrote in 2001.
Author: Ryan Menezes
Published at: 2025-12-21 20:00:00
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