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Jokes That Made History in Parliamentary Tales
A compilation of historical jokes and pranks from Parliament and diplomacy. The piece recalls Lord Grey and Lord Norris counting a fat peer, a Royal Commission joke tied to the Tiehnborne case, a postal office spoof that unsettled the French Foreign Office, press gang pranks affecting naval careers, and a Venetian beards exchange that sparked a costly war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Grey
Lord Norris
Kenealy
Aye
Major O'Gorman
Newl
Foreign Office
Tunis
George I
London Bridge