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Enthroned Thrice, Abdicated Twice, Deposed Once.
Married five times, widowed three, divorced once.
Imprisoned in three states, named twice, numbered once.
Author, Film Star, Politician and Prince, I left no epitaph...
Who Am I?


Help me out here, people. The above was written by a devious so-and-so. I'm assuming it's a 20th century figure, but I've run out of boxers and movie stars...
You can't take anything he says literally - think cryptic crossword.
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Henry VI ?
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I'm pretty sure now that it was Pi Yu, the last emperor of China - though I'm not sure who the fictional family member was.

OK, let's see if anyone's interested in some historical questions.

Walter, Jack and John were but three of them. Who, what and when?
Walter (better know by another name) pished off a mayor right royally and ended up with his head on a pikestaff.
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I'm guessing (without googling) that Walter might be Wat Tyler?
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What (?) Which (?) Tyler also sprang to my mind ! :lol:
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Ajarn Philip wrote:I'm pretty sure now that it was Pi Yu, the last emperor of China - though I'm not sure who the fictional family member was.

OK, let's see if anyone's interested in some historical questions.

Walter, Jack and John were but three of them. Who, what and when?
Walter (better know by another name) pished off a mayor right royally and ended up with his head on a pikestaff.

Any relation to Ef Yu ??
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Jo wrote:I'm guessing (without googling) that Walter might be Wat Tyler?
Oh dear, I forgot I was dealing with proply eddicated folks...

Yes, OK, I'll take the rest as understood - the 3 main leaders of the revolting peasants in umpteenifftysomething.
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Ajarn Philip wrote:I'm pretty sure now that it was Pi Yu, the last emperor of China.
Pu Yi I think.
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Ajarn Philip wrote:Enthroned Thrice, Abdicated Twice, Deposed Once.
Married five times, widowed three, divorced once.
Imprisoned in three states, named twice, numbered once.
Author, Film Star, Politician and Prince, I left no epitaph...
Who Am I?

I'm guessing it's either Gary Glitter or the Elephant Man or Sid James.
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