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How did the British royals survive WW1?

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The King Is Never in the Front Line, Ok?

There are real concerns. Some of the areas he visits shelled immediately afterwardsd and there's a sense that actually, and this may, you know, thisis the germans may actual be trying to target him. And in one occasion, a goes to bel and nd it' its its shelled, and very soon after he leaves. In other cases, he turns up at places tathat were shelled the night before. He is much more of a battlefield presence, if you like, than one might initially expect. T by themi the war, i believet there were a few near misses with the king when he was at the front. By 19 18, it

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