CARVER — During the week, Kirk Simpson and Elizabeth Clouse go about their lives in relative anonymity. But each weekend through Oct. 22, they take center stage as King Richard and Queen Anne at King ...
It is Kirk Simpson’s fifth year playing King Richard at the popular King Richard’s Faire in Carver, and each year just gets better and better, he said. “There’s so much joy and love and we let people ...
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The king who history still treats too kindly

Richard I of England still benefits from one of the most flattering nicknames in royal history. “The Lionheart” sounds noble, chivalrous, and cinematic, which is probably why the image has held up so ...