[GreyFriar]

And a BBC News Story that King Harold II survived the Battle of Hastings and died as a hermit at age 80.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-29612656

“An underground scan is being carried out at Waltham Abbey in Essex in a hunt for evidence that King Harold survived the Battle of Hastings.”

“Novelist and amateur historian Peter Burke wants to test his theory that the king recovered and lived for 40 years after the battle on 14 October 1066.”

[ConorMacNessa]

Had not heard that - I wonder what evidence they could find - unless I'm wrong, we have no DNA samples and I'm curious as to how such a contention could be established.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)