"On the subject of Kings - my favourite "sticky end" was Henry I."
Dear jmh: None of the sites on Britich slang had a definition of "sticky end".
It sounds like US "s--t end of the stick" but I have no idea how that would
apply to Henry I, about whom I know nothing.
But I finally found a good history site about him. He sounds like a rather
good king. In what way does he remind you of the sh-t end of the stick?
Here a URL with several paragraphs about him, quite complimentary, I thought:
: http://makeashorterlink.com/?M5AC51B02