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| Picture No | 10055495 |
| Date | circa 1540 |
| Description | KNIGHTING THE SIRLOIN |
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Henry VIII, dining with the Abbot of Reading, is so pleased with the beef that he knights it 'Sir Loin', a fine example of how royalty can get away with terrible jokes
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| Source | Paul Hardy and Herbert Railton Illustrated London News. 25 December 1897 page 926 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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