When the body of King Charles I was re-discovered in 1805 lying in rest under a stone slab within Windsor Castle – the brass (some say “silver”) name-plate read “Charles Stuart 1648”. Why “1648”? After-all, King Charles I was executed by a masked, left-wing (antifa) thug on January 30th, 1649 – or so the modern history books state. This is something of a misnomer, as the English Parliament voted in 1751 to change the British calendar from the Julian to the Gregorian. Until them, New Year in England was on March 25th of each year – the so-called “Lady Day” (named to honour the Mary the Virgin Mother of Christ). This seems to be a Roman Catholic innovation – which lost all its meaning after King Henry VIII’s Act of Supremacy in 1534 – and England’s break with Rome. This old New Year seems to have been in alignment with Easter – although this lunar holiday changes each year. This means that King Charles I was executed on January 29th, 1648 (old style) with “1649” note starting until March 25th. All these dates were re-interpreted from a modern perspective so that they reflect the new calendar.
At the time that Charlie was hit in the neck by leftwing (antifa) thugs – also known as representing the “Iron Sides” of Cromwell’s “New Model Army” – Parliament allowed his body to be on public display in White Hall for a few days so that anyone could look and see he was dead. The King’s head was placed upright next to his body – and many report that he had a smile on his face. This is because his priests had informed him that his soul would ascend into heaven – immediately after being hit in the neck – where he would be sat with Christ and god, being the divine representative on earth that he believed himself to be. Following this effort to quash conspiracy theories that the King was still alive – Parliament then ordered that the King’s body be quietly transported (with no ceremony) to Windsor Castle and interred somewhere with no plaque. It just so happens that the crypt of King Henry VIII had been recently re-discovered in the floor of the Chapel of St George – where he lay with Jane Seymour and King Edward VI. As Parliament had now abolished the institution of absolute monarchy – there was no need for the English populace to show any respect to these despots and tyrants. Although often portrayed as a bigot – Charlie once dressed as a woman to escape his enemies.
It just happened that the military forces of Parliament had taken Windsor Castle from the Royalists – situated on the outskirts of London – and successfully held it throughout the time of three civil wars. Although plundered, dismantled, and generally neglected, the stone slabs that constituted the centra aisle of the Chapel of St George were firm and intact. Although Henry VIII had only been dead for around 100-years – and given that much of his reforms had led directly to the Civil Wars – it is incredible to think that nobody remembered where he was buried. That is until the occupying Parliamentarians, having hit one of the slabs with a stick, noticed a hollow noise was returned. Having accidently re-discovered Henry’s tomb – it was decided that Charlie would be laid to rest with his fellow despots – even though he was a Stuart from Scotland and Henry was a Tudor from Wales. Although decisively hit in the neck by the executioner’s blow (using an axe) – there is some disagreement as to whether the head of Charles was sown back upon his neck – which was the usual practice. Some say “yes” – whilst others say “no”. Whatever the case, when Charlie gave the agreed signal – the executioner brought-down the axe and the bigoted rhetoric of Charlie suddenly came to an abrupt end.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 