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Really enjoyed this documentary, yesterday. Second guessing
long-departed historical figures is always hazardous: what was
he thinking? Did he/she believe his own line? Henry VIII did insist
on being addressed as 'Your Majesty', perhaps as a reminder he
was creating history...

The business about his obesity in later life was handled diplomatically.
He was injured and had no way of burning what he was eating! (From his
armour measurements, we know he went from  200 pounds as a young man,
but was up to 300 at his death.) At least no one is fat-shaming the poor man
although his lifetime coincided with the development of the sugar trade from
the New World (16th century). In any event, a fierce man!

This is a PBS documentary, so an American approach to story telling. I have
seen BBC versions where the accent was on wanting a male heir at all cost.
Still, this nasty habit of 'disposing' of his exes remains mysterious to me.
Who would do such a thing!?



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400 pounds, actually. And mistreatment to make him loose his mind...