There were also rather a lot of assassination attempts on various royals, as I recall. Some were successful, but all I remember is that there were at least six on Queen Victoria and all of them failed. That's rather more than most rulers got, I think.

I'm also fairly sure there was someone who was murdered by an enterprising assassin climbing up the chute beneath the water closet and stabbing him when he sat down. I can't remember who exactly it was though, which is really annoying me.

And who can forget Rasputin? Poisoned, strangled, shot, stabbed and finally thrown into a frozen river. I was told that there are gouges on the side of the river where he tried to claw his way out.