Yesterday marked the 959th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, which was the decisive battle of the Norman invasion of England. William the Bastard earned the sobriquet William the Conqueror when he defeated and killed King Harold Godwinson at Hastings.
The Norman yoke then fell upon the people of England. From a certain point of view, Harold Godwinson was the last legitimate King of England.
Internet rumor tells us that, every year, on the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, the Hastings Observer prints a notice of memorial to him.
-via the patriotic Frenchman Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry:
The Anglo will never forgive the Frenchman for teaching his ancestors how to speak civilized, not eat with his hands, use a toilet, etc. https://t.co/JSaEJiJ03n
— Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry (@pegobry_en) October 14, 2025
