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It should have been a fairly routine English Channel crossing for the boisterous and boozy crowd of young nobles aboard—a party that included the sole legitimate male heir to England. Only it all went horribly wrong when the crew rowed right onto a rock and around 300 people plunged into the icy water. Nearly every one of them died, causing violent consequences for England. |
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