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Show King 'Sailed' Into Westminster King George V of Encland used to tell this story on himself. Once when, as a lad, he was serving on a naval training ship, the captain handed him the sextant and asked him to find the ship's position in latitude and longitude. When, after quite a mathematical strugiile, the future king turned in his reckoning the captain glanced at it a moment and then said gravely: "Your Royal Highness, please remove your cap!" In answer to the young sailor's look of astonishment, the captain explained: "According t your figures we are about to sail into Westminster abbcyl" |