Royal Daydreams

It's a common enough dream to be of noble lineage with all the riches, estates, court dresses, carriages and liveried servants. Yet if I were part of Henry VIII's court, I would much rather work my head off to the farmlands. He might have been the most seductive or the most authoritative monarch in history, but he was also one of the cruelest. His time was a bleak period for the Catholic faith as abbeys and monasteries under its jurisdiction were burned to the ground or ravaged by the imperial army to put in place the foundations of Henry VIII's Anglican beliefs (I'm surprised he was capable of believing in God when he was so full of himself). Anyway, here's the 21st century adaptation of this libido-driven king. (I'm rather slow on the uptake. The series started way back 2007, but fate brought me to it via YouTube just now. Warning: Some scenes are not suitable for younger audiences. Parental neglect is advised. haha :))



Three seasons of The Tudors have already been aired (see link below), chronicling the life, misadventures, conquests, intrigues and perhaps the eventual demise of Henry the VIII (venerated idol of the promiscuous). On second thought, who would play the older version of the ruggedly gorgeous Jonathan Rhys Myers? I can't ever imagine him wearing prosthetics for a more aged look. 

Trivia
*Henry VIII has a total of six wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.
*His marriages with Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, and Katherine Howard were all annulled, but only Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were beheaded.
*He had three legal children from three wives. Mary I, Elizabeth I, and Edward VI all succeeded his throne one by one.
*I can't take note of all his mistresses so Wikipedia took care of the details for me:

Henry VIII also had several mistresses during his marriages. While married to Catherine of Aragon, he had a relationship with Bessie Blount, which lasted around eight years; his friend's wife, Elizabeth Carew; Etiennette de la Baume; Anne Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon; Elizabeth Amadas; and most famously with Mary Boleyn, the sister of his second wife Anne. During his marriage to Anne, he had a relationship with an unnamed lady, followed by a six-month affair with the Queen's cousin, Mary Shelton before starting a relationship with Jane Seymour. There were also rumours about his relationships with several other women, including the notorious Elizabeth Wyatt, Anne Bassett, Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk and his own son's widow, Mary Howard, Duchess of Richmond and Somerset.

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wives_of_Henry_VIII#Mistresses)


Link to the Tudor Website: http://www.sho.com/site/tudors/episodes.do