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The Tudor Rose is available with a full colour script, and a top quality recording/backing track CD and can be ordered in the UK through Musicline Publications. | ||
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Young King Henry | |||||||||||
Henry as a young boy Henry, being the second born son of the King, was not seen as an heir to the throne. His elder brother Arthur spent most of his time in Wales while Henry was brought up with his two sisters Margaret and Mary at Elton palace. Henry had a very happy childhood here with his mother and family and was allowed to do pretty much as he pleased, indulging himself in sport, music and dancing. In later life he often regretted not finding a happy family life like that of his childhood. | |||||||||||
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Henry and Catherine Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon in Greenwich 13 days before their joint coronation at Westminster Abbey in 1509. Thomas More wrote in his diary at the time that 'Catherine had a remarkable beauty and that she was a daughter of great Kings and would be a mother of Kings as great as her ancestors'. For a while things looked as if they were going as Thomas More had predicted. Henry was very much in love with his new bride and in 1511 she gave him the son he wanted. A great tournament was arranged in honour of the Queen and young Prince outside Richmond Palace and a 60 foot tapestry was made to mark the occasion. However, young Prince Henry died two months later and the Palace burned to the ground. Catherine only had one surviving child, princess Mary. Henry wanted a son! | |||||||||||
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The Field of the Cloth of Gold After his successful wars against France and Scotland, Henry briefly held the balance of European power in his hands. The King's lord chancellor and archbishop Thomas Wolsey tried to keep on friendly terms with both Charles v of Spain and Francis 1 of France. Fearing an increase in Charles's power, Wolsey arranged for Henry to meet Francis in Calais to seal their alliance. Both Kings used this meeting to show off their wealth and riches in what became known as "the field of the cloth of gold" | |||||||||||
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