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The king likely didn't get up at 6am

• dsfyu404ed 4y ago
  We have plenty of records from other societies indicating how absolute rulers did and didn't schedule their days. A king has a potentially limitless amount of stuff to do and also the power to set his own schedule as well as servants to help him stick to it. Whether he slept a lot or a little and whether his schedule was biased early or late was almost certainly a matter of personal preference and convenience. An absolute ruler also has to consider the signal being sent. Being awake and dressed in time to attend morning colors with regularity sends a message that a ruler might deem worth the effort to send.