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Plumbing: As you can probably imagine, the lack of plumbing was the most pressing issue in the royal palaces of old. There was no running water or flush toilets. 2. The royal court: Henry VIII and his court consisted of almost a thousand people. That’s a lot of unwashed bodies to hang around in one palace at the same time! 3. Palace hopping: Henry VIII’s primary home was Hampton Court Palace in London, but he and his extensive entourage would move frequently between his 60 lavish properties around the country. 4. The aftermath: Royal functions typically created huge messes, including mounds of human excrement that needed to be removed from the palace. 5. Unbearable smells: It was due to food being discarded on the floor, animal waste, poor hygiene of the residents, and the growing amounts of human waste that were stored in underground chambers.     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Plumbing: As you can probably imagine, the lack of plumbing was the most pressing issue in the royal palaces of old. There was no running water or flush toilets.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="aexen pa">2. The royal court: Henry VIII and his court consisted of almost a thousand people. That’s a lot of unwashed bodies to hang around in one palace at the same time!<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="ibjxt pa">3. Palace hopping: Henry VIII’s primary home was Hampton Court Palace in London, but he and his extensive entourage would move frequently between his 60 lavish properties around the country.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="qcnbk pa">4. The aftermath: Royal functions typically created huge messes, including mounds of human excrement that needed to be removed from the palace.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="fjftp pa">5. Unbearable smells: It was due to food being discarded on the floor, animal waste, poor hygiene of the residents, and the growing amounts of human waste that were stored in underground chambers.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="nuflu pa">6. Soot and filth: Rooms and hallways would also become covered in soot and stains from the constant fires that were lit to heat the palace.&nbsp;<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="xoglt pa">7. Discarded dishes: He gave orders for courtiers not to dump dirty dishes in the hallways when they finished eating, but they ignored him.<br></h1> </div>      <div class="letterbox"> <h1 class="exxzu pa">8. A very expensive napkin: In addition to defecating on the floor, visitors at the court apparently used the valuable tapestries hanging from the walls to wipe their dirty hands.<br></h1> </div>    {
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