2 d. ago 'Worst ever execution' as man had tendons cut so he could be ripped apart by horses

Robert-Francois Damiens was tortured with red-hot pincers, tarred with boiling oil and then disembowelled, after he tried to kill the King of France in 1757.

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3 d. ago Mad monk who brought down royal family then suffered 'worst ever execution'

Grigori Rasputin was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who was a trusted confidant of the Romanov family

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3 d. ago 'Worst ever execution' of mad monk who 'wouldn't die' after royal affairs

Gregory Rasputin was a peasant-born womaniser who managed to become one of the most influential and feared men in Russia

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7 d. ago Man suffered 'worst execution in history' with watchers sickened by agonising method

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Accounts of the most terrible execution in history continue to haunt centuries after they took place.

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7 d. ago Man suffered 'worst execution in history' with watchers sickened by barbaric method

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Accounts of the most terrible execution in history continue to haunt, with the condemned left 'roaring' in agony for two long hours of torment

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1 week ago 'I worked for the late Queen and was told I'd be fired for my comments to Andrew'

Dickie Arbiter was the ultimate royal insider – handling Queen Elizabeth II's public affairs for 12 years – and has now spoken out on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's nature behind closed doors

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