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In actuality, Henry VII was a usurper. He was keenly aware that for a King to hold on to power he needed to be the richest man in the Kingdom. He ruthlessly pursued every avenue be that man and stay on top.

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There's an interesting tidbit in the related vid up there -- he had the Commons approve his accession, but it contained the date, a day before the Battle of Bosworth, meaning that anyone who'd fought on Richard III's side had committed treason.

Britains Real Monarch with Tony Robinson

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