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TIL about the Royal Grand Knockout Tournament 1987 which featured several members of the British royal family (Prince Edward, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson) and celebrities (Meat Loaf, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, John Travolta) competing on a special It’s a Knockout course.

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