7/8/2023 0 Comments Hampm coat images![]() Henry VIII is considered the “father of the Royal Navy.” He built up the fleet to 50 or so vessels, despite a few sinking due to the extra weight of heavy armament. No English king, though, was more responsible for laying the groundwork for making the British Empire the world’s greatest power, lasting for 200 years. Henry was also a man who never ate his vegetables, dismissing anything dug from the ground as suitable to only the common man. His metabolism changed, too, and with his preference of feasting on wild game, generally served in fattening pies and then washed down with gallons of wine to help diminish the pain, he became a whale of a man. ![]() He was confronted with daily excruciating pain that added greatly to his discomfort in walking. But a tragic jousting accident led to a lifelong, unhealed wound on his leg, ending his physical days of sport, dancing and hunting. He was once a tall and slender man, considered physically attractive and charismatic by many. ![]() Henry was in born in 1491, the second son of King Henry VII. But this is not the Henry of early years – he was an avid hunter and sportsman, a helpless romantic, sublime dancer, and highly educated man who actually composed his own songs and played numerous musical instruments. When one pictures English King Henry VIII, they’re generally images of an obese and egoistical king, who was no stranger to the royal casting couch, despite his marrying a number of his conquests. ![]()
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