The sisters who starred as the infamous twins in the horror movie “The Shining” were among throngs of people that waited in line to pay their respect to Queen Elizabeth II over the weekend.

Today, referring to conjoined twins as “Siamese twins” is considered rude and derogatory. But the term comes from the best-known conjoined twins in history: Siamese brothers Chang and Eng Bunker.

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