Tag: hate.

autrenecherche:

“ A similar pattern had been played out with the King’s first marriage when, for the first four years, Henry had revelled in Katherine of Aragon’s role as Spain’s de facto ambassador to London, but then, after 1513 – perhaps upset at her success as Regent during his absence – he accused Katherine of duplicity and set about deliberately sidelining her from politics.”

Hm…I don’t think this really holds up.

Counterpoint:

“In The Tudors, Catherine is too easily dismissed by Henry. When she expresses her dislike of the Anglo-French alliance, Henry snaps, “Since when are you a diplomat? You are my wife, you are not my minister.” In fact, the French ambassador is recorded to have said that on making such representation “as one would not have supposed she would have dared to so, on this account she is held in greater esteem by the king and council than she ever was (in 1520).“