Backbytes: 'Alexa! Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?'
TV reporter sparks Amazon Alexa spike in dolls' house sales

It's said that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, was murdered by knights loyal to King Henry II after they overheard the King ask (rhetorically), "Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?"...
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