The Daily Life of a Medieval King

Re:The Daily Life of a Medieval King by walthamstow on Monday July 21, 2025 @05:47AM (#44633378)

We've seen this recently in British and Japanese royal families. Some people just don't want it, and to get a normal life they have to leave the monarchy.

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Re:The Daily Life of a Medieval King by pjc50 on Monday July 21, 2025 @05:56AM (#44633421)

This is reminding me of folk tales where the king, prince or princess disguises themselves and goes among the commoners, but I can't name a definite example of the trope at the moment.

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Re:The Daily Life of a Medieval King by bmn__ on Monday July 21, 2025 @07:20AM (#44633884)

https://allthetropes.org/wiki/King_Incognito

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Re:The Daily Life of a Medieval King by samlinnfer on Monday July 21, 2025 @06:26AM (#44633573)

Kangxi emperor being disguised as a commoner in some kind of undercover boss scenario is a common trope.

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Re:The Daily Life of a Medieval King by IAmBroom on Monday July 21, 2025 @08:48AM (#44634499)

The Prince and the Pauper is the classic Western version.

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Re:The Daily Life of a Medieval King by jimbokun on Monday July 21, 2025 @01:22PM (#44637787)

Clark Kent.

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Re:The Daily Life of a Medieval King by cyberlimerence on Monday July 21, 2025 @02:31PM (#44638687)

I think there are multiple versions of this. One example is Gråkappan.[1] It was mentioned in the Severence series, funnily enough.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XI_of_Sweden#Greycoat

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Re:The Daily Life of a Medieval King by 0cf8612b2e1e on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @12:37AM (#44643278)

Aladdin

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