{"id":956,"date":"2010-02-10T03:08:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T00:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=956"},"modified":"2010-02-01T22:10:53","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T19:10:53","slug":"100-years-today-dreadnought-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/100-years-today-dreadnought-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Years Ago Today: The Dreadnought Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>100 Years Ago Today: Prince Makalin of Abyssinia and five other members of royalty were welcomed aboard the British battleship HMS Dreadnought. The prince turned out to be prankster Horace de Vere Cole, and the group included Virginia Woolf: 10th Feb 1910.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dreadnought_hoax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>100 Years Ago Today: Prince Makalin of Abyssinia and five other members of royalty were welcomed aboard the British battleship HMS Dreadnought. The prince turned out to be prankster Horace de Vere Cole, and the group included Virginia Woolf: 10th Feb 1910. 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