Question 1: Perhaps that was just an unstated underlying assumption they already had, and it would have made no difference if they had actually thought about it.
Question 2: No; they thought they were getting rid of insane kings.
By the way, good puke scene, Percival! I was reflecting once on the general lack of verisimilitude in throwing-up scenes in movies and on TV, and then two good ones came along at once. (One was in ‘Mad Men’; I’ve forgotten what the other one was.)
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