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"I was reading this, and saw that Elizabeth and her later lover Robert Dudley were both born on the same day, in the same year!!!"

"I've always quite liked Charles II. I've yet to read more about him, but what I do know, he just seemed like the kinda guy you'd want to hang with- total ladies man! haha. What I also find intriguing about him is that while he had the chance to divorce his barren-ish wife, he refused to. After she, Catherine of Braganza, fell deathly sick she believed that she had given birth (now I'm quoting from wiki... Bare with me) "-during a severe illness in 1663, she thought, for a time, she had given birth. Charles comforted her by telling her she had indeed given birth to two sons and a daughter." What also makes him more likable when it comes to his wife, that although they never had any children together and he had NUMEROUS bastard children with his numerable mistresses, he demanded that Catherine be shown with the utmost respect due to a Queen of England, by everyone especially his mistresses, ie Lady Castlemaine (she was A LOT of fun!)."

"i was looking at some internet foruns and i have seen some people saying that Jane did not love Henry,at least not at the time of their marriage...what do you think?
my point:
Katherine and Anne did love Henry and died loving him,Katherine couldn't know what kind of monster her husband would become to her,since he was always a good and loving husband,good father and she was a good wife.
Anne saw what Henry made to his previous wife and child,but i think, she believed that she could deal with him in every circunstances...but she could not.
Jane, i think that if i was her,an th eking was courting me,i would be terrified, this kind of man as husband...after all he did?
what do you think."

"I have recently read a book about 16 evil men and women and I was shocked and apalled to discover that Queen Mary I was included in this list which included people like Hitler, Stalin and Emperor Nero! Considering that in 5 years Queen Mary burnt less than 300 people at the stake, compared to her infamous father King Henry VIII whose final death toll was estimated in the many thousands (though I admit it might have been exagerated). Please tell me i'm not the only one who thinks that this inclusion is cruel and unjust as is the title of 'Bloody' Yes Mary shouldn't have burnt those people just because of their faith, but if you do some research and examine the reasons behind this, then you can clearly see that Queen Mary did not deserve to be labelled as 'evil' she was simply a misguided woman who tried to keep her country together while her life was falling apart at the seams and who listened to misguided people."

"He did propose to Mary but he was soon persuaded that Elizabeth would be better since he actually had access to her (and she probably responded by flirting) whereas Mary was probably not interested. I also read that Mary was afraid of her brother's reaction to this proposal but once again, I am not sure where. Seymour was ambitious and he basically wanted to use marriage to further his career. I believe he even proposed to Anne of Cleves, and of course Katherine Parr. "

"I was looking through the comments for The Tudors on IMD's website and one of the posters asked, "Why is she wearing Ugly Betty's necklace?"
The ignorance of some people is astonishing."

"I have read about it, but I really do not know what dropsy is, I know it is some kind of illness, but how does it effect the body? What were the symptons, and was it a very common illness? Was there a cure?"