Discussion: Charles Brandon's children

"I have been thinking about your question since you posted it yesterday, and I think that Charles Brandon would have been of two minds...firstly, I think he, having spent most of his life at court and falling in and out of favor with the King, would have been pleased at the prospect that his bloodline was on the throne of England. But secondly, I believe that he, having seen the many intrigues of court, would have been acutely aware just how precarious her claim to the throne was....after all, no woman had been Queen of England in her own right to that time, and the threat of Henry's two other children's claim to the throne would have to be of concern, since they were of Henry's direct bloodline. Whether or not he would have been as concerned about her actual welfare (since women seemed to be dispensible to many back then) I don't really know. So all in all I believe he would have been intrigued with the prospect of her being on the throne, but I think he would have been cautious if and how that came to be....you could lose your head over things like that!

What do you think pookiesmama....or anyone else? :)"