Did you know: This could be the shittiest job in the world
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Although it might seem quite a shitty job, being a Groom of the Stool was a powerful position in the English court.
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King Henry VIII of England had servants called “Grooms of Stool”, who wiped him clean after he visited the toilet. Gross. Most English kings had them, and invariably the monarchs grew to trust and confide in them, so much so that these, the most intimate of courtiers became powerful within the royal court.