King size! Henry VIII's armour reveals he had a 52in girth - for which he paid a terrible price

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 02nd February 2009 | Philippa Gregory

[Guenevere]

I’ve read George’s, Gregory’s, and Weirs...but not Frasers.

[JoeProBono]

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The Stuarts had no more blood right to the English throne then the House of Hanover.

The Stuarts were a bunch of bloody barbarians who showed no respect for the Magna Carta, English Common Law or Custom.

Bring back the House of York. I am sure Henry (VII & VIII) must have missed killing a couple of them.

[chae]

I recently read a good book “the rise and fall of anne boleyn” by Retha Warnicke. Very interesting theory about anne boleyn and the men executed with her.

[BBell]

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[Lizavetta]

If you like those two then you must be familiar with Carolly Erickson as well.

[Lizavetta]

Have you guys read Mary Luke’s bio of Catherine of Aragon? If not, do so. A really good read.

[autumnraine]

No, I haven’t read her version. Thanks! That’s another one to add to my book list.

We should start a Freeper book club or something. haha

[bert]

Think linebacker......perhaps it was not such a big deal. He was described as well muscled, musclear.....

[Lizavetta]

I’ll tell you what....that Anne Boleyn couldn’t see the writing on the wall regarding her fate....that she didn’t understand that what Henry did to others who pissed him off he would do to her....and that she was such a henpecking bitch to him IN FRONT of others STILL boggles my mind.

[autumnraine]

Well, in her mind, she was the cats meow. I mean he CHANGED THE COUNTRY’S RELIGION and divorced a Queen, making his child a bastard for “her”. She played hard to get because she loved someone else and resented Henry for ordering the man she loved to marry another woman. He had never had to woo a woman and that made him promise the moon to her. She was just young and foolish and didn’t realize that a lot of men, especially a man like Henry VIII, loses interest eventually and the prize isn’t such a prize anymore.

Plus, that was the first time EVER a Queen was beheaded by her King. It wasn’t like she had any history to go on. Lopping off the head of a statesman wasn’t near as unheard of as beheading a Queen. She literally assumed that a royal pardon would come and she would spend the rest of her life in a monastary or something similiar.

What’s sadder is that Catherine Howard KNEW full well what could happen and didn’t do all she could to keep her head. I think I would have tolerated a stinky old fat man for the little time he would want with me to keep my head. Although with his madness, who is to know if she even did anything wrong. Especially with all the little sychophants whispering in Henry’s ear.

[grey_whiskers]

At last, someone else who has read Josephine Tey!

The Daughter of Time was this first time I had ever read that Richard III *wasn't* a monster.

Have you read any of her other books (The Franchise Affair, Brat Farrar?)

Cheers!

[Professional Engineer]

This isn’t new at all. Thirty years ago I read an old book with both photos and commentary about this same armor.

[Cheburashka]

The House of Stuart is the only legitimate Royal House in the UK. Those damn German pretenders need to be kicked back to Hanover.

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So the Brits replace the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha with the House of Wittelsbach. Hey, sounds like a plan.

http://www.jacobite.ca/kings/index.htm

[puppypusher]

I guess Henry mush have been eating too many Twinkies and drinking too much Coke during his life.

Otherwise I can’t imagine why he would have been that heavy.

[puppypusher]

I guess Henry must have been eating too many Twinkies and drinking too much Coke during his life.

Otherwise I can't imagine why he would have been that heavy.

[neocon1984]

I have read and own all of her books. Sadly, she died in the early fifties (auto accident) after writing only 8 books.

[neocon1984]

I don’t necessarily agree although I am distantly related to the House of Stuart, on my Scots-Irish side.

My pagan Viking ancestors seem to have a reasonable claim. In any case, they “intermingled enough so that who knows?

[SunkenCiv]

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[2ndDivisionVet]

I’m several inches bigger around than he was in both the chest and waist. I have no trouble guarding VIPs, celebrities, billionaires and other worthies. Yes, I have diabetes, but so do many thin people. I won’t win any Olympic sprint championships, but then again, I don’t have to.