However Kings did have shelter, plenty of food, easy access to sex, lots of fun and games, the respect of everybody, the best protection in the land, the power to behead or torture anything they didn't like etc. So lets be fair when we compare the two.
They died young and were shorter. Shorter is indicative of poor nutrition. If you're in Europe, look at the royal armor in museums. Those would be kid size today.
The same goes for colonial America. Take a look at the clothing in the Fort William museum (from the 1700s). It's so small.
Even whole cities had running water, all the way back to the Roman era. Heck, Rome I said? Ancient Knossos, over 3000 years back:
"Water technologies included running water within the palaces and other settlements, drainage systems, piping systems, rainwater harvesting, and other technologies."
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