I thought this interesting bit of news out of the UK was worth sharing.
Yesterday, Prince Charles paid off a debt incurred by King Charles II in 1651!
Charles handed over 453 pounds and 15 pence (572 euros and 20 euro cents, 885 dollars and four cents) which King Charles II failed to pay to the Clothiers Company in Worcester, central England, in 1651. The king had commissioned uniforms for his troops to fight the republican forces of Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester the same year.
Prince Charles said he was glad he didn't have to pay interest.
If interest was taken into account, 453 pounds and three shillings in 1651 would have been worth approximately 47,500 pounds in 2007, the BBC website said, citing the Institute for the Measurement of Worth.
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Happy Fathers Day Daddy Bunch! We miss you guys!
That's the best pic I've seen of Charles in a long time :)
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