Royal Oak
About Royal Oak
The Royal Oak was the English oak tree within which the future King Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. The tree was in Boscobel Wood, which was part of the park of Boscobel House. Charles told Samuel Pepys in 1680 that while he was hiding in the tree, a Parliamentarian soldier passed directly below it. The story was popular after the Restoration, and is remembered every year in the English traditions of Royal Oak Day.
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There was a Royal Oak that Charles — when he was then Charles Stuart — was hiding in, and the Parliamentarian forces were rummaging around beneath the canopy. He dined out on the story for the rest of his life, then came back as king, pubs reopened, lots of pubs called the Royal Oak — it became a meme.
from No Such Thing As A Sycamore In A Silver Coat, 2024-07-25 at 00:42:30 · read transcript
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