stackyFACTSGenerations of relentless royal inbreeding produced a monarch whose face practically defied basic biology. The Spanish king had a lower jaw so severely pronounced that he physically could not chew his own meals. His royal bloodline was kept pure at the minor cost of rendering him completely unable to speak clearly or close his mouth.
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