Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview compared to other royal rifts in history – 9News

We end at the beginning, when the very idea of English monarchy was established, and when it was almost completely wiped out.
In the ninth century CE, Viking invasions of England had swallowed up most of the petty kingdoms, installing their own puppet rulers or in some instances taking over their own swathes of land.
Alfred was king of the most powerful English kingdom, Wessex, which was the last to hold out against the Vikings. At one point, Alfred was sent on the run by Viking invaders and into…

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