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Sources close to the Tudor court reveal King Henry VIII's EXPLOSIVE secret! The monarch's chronic constipation and hemorrhoids are causing MORE than just a pain in the royal behind! Insiders claim these toilet troubles are behind His Majesty's INFAMOUS mood swings! "When the king can't go, HEADS WILL ROLL!" whispers one terrified courtier. Could Anne Boleyn's fate have been sealed by a bad case of royal rump rage? Palace physicians are working overtime to keep the king REGULAR and the kingdom STABLE! 🚽🇬🇧

Rest in Peace 🌸 Queen Elizabeth 1926-2022 . . .

St Edward the Confessor; king of England who built what would be known as Westminster Abbey today Legend has it that while St Edward was in the Holy Land, he ran across a beggar asking for alms. Having nothing on him, St Edward gave the beggar an expensive ring. Years later, the ring found his way back to him with the message that the poor man had actually been St John the Evangelist #lent2021 #day11 #40for40 #stedwardtheconfessor #kingofengland #prayforus #catholic #saint #westminsterabbey #stjohntheevangelist #backtothedrawingboard #noshamedance https://www.instagram.com/p/CL5cGn6MrQj/?igshid=vf1fkv13jrxc

On This Day In History . 23 April 1445 . King Henry VI married Margaret of Anjou . . ◼ Cardinal Beaufort & the Earl of Suffolk persuaded the king that the best way of pursuing peace with France was through a marriage with Margaret of Anjou, the niece of King Charles VII. Henry agreed, especially when he heard reports of Margaret’s stunning beauty, & sent Suffolk to negotiate with Charles, who agreed to the marriage on condition that he would not have to provide the customary dowry & instead would receive the lands of Maine & Anjou from the English. . ◼ These conditions were agreed to in the Treaty of Tours, but the cession of Maine & Anjou was kept secret from parliament, as it was known that this would be hugely unpopular with the English populace. . ◼ The marriage took place at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire on 23 April 1445, one month after Margaret’s 15th birthday, Henry was 24. . ◼ They had one son, Edward of Westminster (b.13 October 1453 – 4 May 1471), also known as Edward of Lancaster. He married Anne Neville (later Queen of England as the wife of Richard III). He was killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury, during the War of the Roses, 4 May 1471, making him the only heir apparent to the English throne ever to die in battle. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1445 #RoyalWedding #KingofEngland #KingHenryVI #HenryVI #MargaretofAnjou #QueenMargaret #TitchfieldAbbey #History #EnglishMonarchy #Weddingday #historyinpictures #kingandqueen #Hampshire #BritishMonarchy #otd #OnThisDay #MedievalHistory #medieval #Medievalperiod #medievaltimes #medievalage #Wedding #HouseofLancaster #HouseofPlantagenet #d23apr (at Titchfield Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/COBlDf8sJqt/?igshid=18gywr956tuv8

On This Day In Royal History . 25 April 1284 . King Edward II was born. . ◼ Edward II was born in Caernarfon Castle in North Wales on 25 April 1284, less than a year after Edward I had conquered the region, & as a result is sometimes called Edward of Caernarfon. The King probably deliberately chose the castle as the location for Edward’s birth, as it was an important symbolic location for the native Welsh, associated with Roman imperial history, & it formed the centre of the new royal administration of North Wales. . ◼ Edward’s birth brought with it predictions of greatness from contemporary prophets who believed that the Last Days of the world were imminent, declaring him to be a new King Arthur, who would lead England to glory. . ◼ Edward’s name was English in origin, linking him to the Anglo-Saxon saint Edward the Confessor, & was chosen by his father instead of the more traditional Norman & Castilian names selected for Edward’s brothers: Edward had three elder brothers: John & Henry who had died before Edward was born, & Alphonso, who died in August 1284, leaving Edward as the heir to the throne. . ◼ Although Edward was a relatively healthy child, there were enduring concerns throughout his early years that he too might die & leave his father without a male heir. . ◼ After his birth, Edward was looked after by a wet-nurse called Mariota or Mary Maunsel for a few months until she fell ill, when Alice de Leygrave became his foster mother. He would have barely known his natural mother Eleanor of Castile who was in Gascony with his father Edward I during his earliest years. An official household complete with staff was created for the new baby, under the direction of a clerk, Giles of Oudenarde. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1284 #King #KingofEngland #EdwardII #KingEdwardII #HouseofPlantagenet #Plantagenet #Plantagenets #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #d25apr #otd #OnThisDay #historyinpictures #MedievalHistory #medieval #Medievalperiod #medievaltimes #medievalage #Theking #medievalking #Monarch #Monarchy #Royalty #Royals #RoyalFamily #EnglishHistory (at Caernarfon Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/COGbEAfMaSb/?igshid=15b110oenpa32

Both armies were said to have numbered around 14,000 men. The king lost over 3,000 men, the rebels 2,000 +. . . . #royalfamily #royal #royalty #windsorcastle #HouseofLancaster #lancastrian #royals #EnglishHistory #Britishhistory #KingofEngland #thecrown #crown #britishmonarchy #history #windsor #RoyalHistory #HistoryFacts #henryv #Historic #historyblogger #historyinpictures #otd #OnThisDay #ThisDayInHistory #OnThisDayInHistory #d21jul #Shrewsbury #HenryIV #kinghenryiv #Medievalhistory (at Shrewsbury, Shropshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRmKuw7MpUl/?utm_medium=tumblr

On this day in royal history . 28th January 1457 . King Henry VII was born . . ◼ Henry was born at Pembroke Castle in Wales on 28 January 1457 to the 13-year-old Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond. His father, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, died three months before his birth. . ◼ Born Henry Tudor, he later became king Henry VII & was the founder of the Tudor dynasty, unifying the warring factions in the Wars of the Roses. Although supported by Lancastrians & Yorkists alienated by Richard III’s usurpation, Henry VII’s first task was to secure his position. In 1486 he married Elizabeth of York, eldest daughter of Edward IV, thus uniting the Houses of York & Lancaster. . ◼ Henry’s reign (1485-1509) was troubled by revolts, sometimes involving pretenders (such as Perkin Warbeck & Lambert Simnel) who impersonated Edward V or his brother. With this in mind, n 1485, Henry formed a personal bodyguard from his followers known as the ‘Yeomen of the Guard’ (the oldest military corps in existence today). . ◼ Henry strengthened the power of the monarchy by using traditional methods of government to tighten royal administration & increase revenues (reportedly including a daily examination of accounts). Royal income rose from an annual average of £52,000 to £142,000 by the end of Henry’s reign. Little co-operation between King & Parliament was required; during Henry’s reign of 24 years, seven Parliaments sat for some ten & a half months. . ◼ Henry used dynastic royal marriages to establish his dynasty in England & help maintain peace. One daughter, Margaret, was married to James IV of Scotland (from whom Mary, Queen of Scots & her son, James VI of Scotland & James I of England, were descended); the other daughter married Louis XII of France. . ▪ Henry spent money shrewdly & left a full treasury on his death in 1509. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayinHistory #HenryTudor #HenryVII #KingHenryVII #HisMajesty #HouseofTudor #TheTudors #Royalty #TheTudors #TudorDynasty #History #Monarchy #KingofEngland #EnglishMonarchy #D28Jan #BritishMonarchy #Pembroke #wales #Tudor #heritage #Theking #Monarch #artoftheday #RoyalCollection #onthisday #royalfamily #Historic #otd (at Pembroke Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKmx9EEjTV9/?igshid=65aw5wpvshwk

On This Day In History . 15 June 1215 . King John puts his seal on the Magna Carta at Runnymede . ◼ The document that has come to be known as Magna Carta or Great Charter, is recognized as a fundamental part of the English constitutional tradition. . ◼ In 1215 King John of England (r.1199–1216) fought more than forty English barons & their followers in a civil war. The king had angered the barons by extracting revenues based on their feudal obligations in order to fight a war in France. After John lost the war, the barons rebelled against the king. . ◼ The rebels first demanded that the king confirm the Charter of Henry I, a coronation charter from 1100 in which King Henry I had promised to abolish all evil customs that oppressed the realm. Additional grievances were added to the charter, which King John was forced to accept at Runnymede, 15 June 1215, after the rebels occupied London. . ◼ Magna Carta contains sixty-three chapters. Many of the chapters defined the king’s feudal rights over his vassals, preventing the king from arbitrarily collecting revenue from the barons. Chapter 39 established the right to due process of law, & in chapter 40 the king promised that he would not sell, deny, or delay justice to anyone. . ◼ The Magna Carta did not resolve the dispute between the barons & King John. Within months they were fighting again. In August 1215 the charter was annulled by Pope Innocent III, John’s feudal overlord, on the grounds that it had been executed under duress. In 1216, however, after John’s death the charter was reissued with some modifications. At the conclusion of the civil war in 1217, it was reissued again with minor revisions. This version of Magna Carta became part of the English constitutional tradition; confirmed by later kings & interpreted by Parliament, it is still revered as a symbol of English liberties. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1215 #MagnaCarta #TheGreatCharter #MagnaCarta1215 #JohnofEngland #KingJohnofEngland #HouseofPlantagenet #HouseofAngevin #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #d15jun #otd #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #historyinpictures #HistoryFacts #KingofEngland #theking #Plantagenets (at Runnymede) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJdyhPjHKa/?utm_medium=tumblr