Interestingly, the hilltop over the word 'farewell', Gibbet Hill, was the last functioning gibbet in the British empire, where the corpses of executed criminals would be displayed, hanging in cages, to serve as a warning to potential wrongdoers.
Archduke Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was married to a woman who was too far beneath him socially to become his Empress if and when he became Emperor. That made both the heir and his wife somewhat "damaged goods" and suitable targets for an assassination that was used to spark a major war.
Interestingly, the hilltop over the word 'farewell', Gibbet Hill, was the last functioning gibbet in the British empire, where the corpses of executed criminals would be displayed, hanging in cages, to serve as a warning to potential wrongdoers.
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Thanks.
I did not know Newfoundland had such an interesting history. Must look into it now.
Archduke Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was married to a woman who was too far beneath him socially to become his Empress if and when he became Emperor. That made both the heir and his wife somewhat "damaged goods" and suitable targets for an assassination that was used to spark a major war.
https://www.celebitchy.com/762142/why_are_prince_charles_camilla_going_on_a_canadian_tour_not_the_cambridges/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/gadhafi-plans-to-visit-st-john-s-1.781185