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magicarpet

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2. Nauta is trDUMPIE'S "Body Man" ?
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 09:39 AM
Aug 2023

Body Man - His official title might be "Groom of the Stool".

Groom of the Stool - The Groom of the Stool (formally styled: "Groom of the King's Close Stool&quot was the most intimate of an English monarch's courtiers, responsible for assisting the king in excretion and hygiene.

The physical intimacy of the role naturally led to his becoming a man in whom much confidence was placed by his royal master and with whom many royal secrets were shared as a matter of course. This secret information—while it would never have been revealed, for it would have led to the discredit of his honour—in turn led to his becoming feared and respected and therefore powerful within the royal court in his own right. The office developed gradually over decades and centuries into one of administration of the royal finances, and under Henry VII, the Groom of the Stool became a powerful official involved in setting national fiscal policy, under the "chamber system".[1][2]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groom_of_the_Stool

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