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A royal flush..<br />
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A pack of playing cards said to have been used by King Charles II and his wife have sold for over £10,000.<br />
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The extremely rare set of woodblock printed cards was owned by Jeffery Amherst, a barrister and MP who was known to have played cards with the King.<br />
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Amherst lived in Sevenoaks, Kent, and Charles II and Queen Catherine, who was a demon card player, stopped off there when they visited the spa town of Tunbridge Wells in 1663.

BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)
Pic: ZacharyCulpin/BNPS

A royal flush..

A pack of playing cards said to have been used by King Charles II and his wife have sold for over £10,000.

The extremely rare set of woodblock printed cards was owned by Jeffery Amherst, a barrister and MP who was known to have played cards with the King.

Amherst lived in Sevenoaks, Kent, and Charles II and Queen Catherine, who was a demon card player, stopped off there when they visited the spa town of Tunbridge Wells in 1663.