[rule britannia] do you know your monarchs

Before we even start – who was this lovely lady? Now try these 10:

1]…..Canute is famous, of course, for the business down at the seashore with the waves – what was the English Church’s view towards him?
2]…..Harold Godwinson, who supposedly had the arrow through the eye – what restored family line did he represent?
3]….Which son’s death eased the dispute between Stephen and Matilda?
4]…..Which unfortunate had a poker inserted in his fundament at Berkeley Castle?
5]…..Richard III was much maligned, according to which 20th century author, whose detective ran an investigation clearing the king of murder?

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