Alexander Drummond offered to join the 79th Cameron Highlanders if he didn't have to start at the bottom. So, he enlisted as a sergeant. Perhaps it was because she was a perfectionist in all things, or one of history's most tragic theatrical hams. She was Queen Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII. While the Queen was imprisoned, she was told that the following day she would be executed. And in order to perform the function of being beheaded properly, the Queen asked for and received the block and axe in her cell so she could rehearse her own execution. Believe It or Not!
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