On this day in history, King Harold learned the importance of wearing protective eyewear while working around sharp objects and heavy machinery.

PPE is the last resort in the hierarchy of risk management - he should first have considered avoiding the battle, reducing the quantity of arrows, substituting a less hazardous projectile, and adopting engineering controls or safe systems of work

One dickhead with a crossbow can ruin your day.

Gawd save the King... Em the new king / Roi 🤣

WARNING: Point arrow away from face.

After the official re-enactment, one year at Battle I saw them re-run the engagement with no script. The Saxons won.

He should have done a "lessons learned" report after seeing what happened to Harald Hardrada a few days previous, at Stamford Bridge

It is unknown whether before this point, Harold had considered wearing adequate PPE "health and safety gone mad."

My grandfather always swore it was one of our ancestors that shot the arrow. I didn't believe him. Then we got our family tree back to the 1030s, and a direct ancestor was a knight in Caen in the 1050s, so, maybe?