Let me get it straight. Your father was king. You were his only son. Y…

Tom Stoppard
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Let me get it straight. Your father was king. You were his only son. Your father dies. You are of age. Your uncle becomes king. Yes. Unorthodox. ✨ Tom Stoppard (2013). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, p.41, Faber & Faber
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Let me get it straight. Your father was king. You were his only son. Your father dies. You are of age. Your uncle becomes king. Yes. Unorthodox. ✨ Tom Stoppard (2013). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, p.41, Faber & Faber

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