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Did William the Conqueror really have an Asterix moustache? No, say historians - and that's just one of BBC blockbuster's howlers

Did William the Conqueror really have an Asterix moustache? No, say historians - and that's just one of BBC blockbuster's howlers

As BBC One's gore-splattered medieval drama King And Conqueror begins tonight, viewers will see the future King Harold II rip off an enemy warrior's nose with his teeth.

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