breakdancer
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PAY UP YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESSA 350-year-old debt left by King Charles II to a clothes company has finally been paid by the Prince of Wales.
Prince Charles handed over the sum of £453.15 during a visit to The Commandery History Museum in Worcester.
The Clothiers Company of Worcester had never forgotten the Royal Family owed them money after King Charles II failed to pay when he commissioned them to make uniforms for his troops in 1651.
As he presented the money in a gaming purse made by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Prince Charles joked that he was glad he didn't have to pay back any interest - which would have pushed the sum into thousands of pounds.
"It seems that members of the Clothiers Company have a long memory," he said.
"By long I mean nearly 400 years. Nevertheless, as a gesture of good will I come today prepared to honour this debt of £453 and three shillings.
"I suspect that it will not have escaped your notice, however, I am resisting the immense temptation to pay the debt with full interest. I was not born yesterday."
Philip Sawyer, high commissioner of the Clothiers Company, accepted the money and gave the Prince a receipt.
He said: "We have closed a very long chapter in our history so we are most grateful to you."
Charles and Camilla were taken on a tour around The Commandery, which has undergone restoration work totalling more than £3million.
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dan_brown1
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wow that is really funny good job it didnt have 6.4 APR ay! lol
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ManicStreetPreacher
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| dan_brown1 wrote: | | wow that is really funny good job it didnt have 6.4 APR ay! lol |
True.
It took them a few years to pay it off, didn't it? Surely they have enough money, no? Good story. 
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Toppers04
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lol
Wouldn't that money be worth more now.
meaning the sum og modern money being higher than that.
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gaztheghost
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lol
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breakdancer
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i don't no if anyone has read it properly it as been 350 years since that debt was paid off,if that was anyone else who owed that debt they would be looking at doing a long stretch behind bars plus dying in prison,all because it's the royals they get off scot free i think what goes for us should go for them what does everyone else think about this! 
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Jack
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| breakdancer wrote: | | i don't no if anyone has read it properly it as been 350 years since that debt was paid off,if that was anyone else who owed that debt they would be looking at doing a long stretch behind bars plus dying in prison,all because it's the royals they get off scot free i think what goes for us should go for them what does everyone else think about this! |
Haha, if anyone waited 350 years to pay off a debt I doubt they'd have to worry about dying in prison 
Also, no normal person would need to buy cloth for an army's uniforms. This story is just a bit of light-hearted news, not meant to be taken as seriously as you've taken it.
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