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But years later, one king had different ideas for the park. |
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James I didn't cut the finest of figures, |
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yet he was fond of the finest of clothes, |
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especially the best silk. |
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Always short of cash, |
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James realised that silk, |
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a great luxury of the day, |
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might be an excellent way to make some serious money. |
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On the land that is now the gardens of Buckingham Palace, |
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James decided to create a homespun English silk industry |
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with the help of a particular tree, the mulberry. |
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In 1608, James I had dozens of mulberry trees planted here 1608 |
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and introduced these Silkworms. |
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And the idea was to harvest the silkworms' thread from the cocoon |
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and use it to spin silk. |
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Trouble is, he chose the wrong kind of mulberry tree. |
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This, the black mulberry. |
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And the silkworms just weren't interested. |
