When King Richard appears at the end, Robin addresses him as "Your Majesty". At the time, kings were "Your Highness" or "Your Grace"; Majesty was only introduced in about 1519, by Henry VIII, not to be outdone by Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, who began calling himself Majesty in that year. The three terms were used arbitrarily even under Elizabeth I.
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