Henry+VIII+–+from+young+athletic+to+selfish++ruler

//Do you know all you need to know about our dead king? Or do you just know the selfish old man that ruled our country for years and married six women? Well that’s not all about Henry VIII; actually he hasn’t always been the old selfish man that we remember him as.//



Yes, it's all true. After the king’s death we can bring to light that King Henry VIII was a very sweet little boy that turned in to a young athlete and then the old man we all know. Henry VIII was born by Elizabeth of York June 28, 1491. He wasn't the first-born. So the he wasn’t supposed to be a king at all. Anyway Henry didn't care about all the royal stuff. He just played with other kids and had a lot of fun. He was a very cute little boy that everyone adored. All the adults that knew him said that he was the sweetest and kindest boy they had ever seen. Of course he was very spoiled owing to the fact that he was a royal. Actually he had his own whipping-boy, but he didn't need him because he didn't do anything wrong. On the other hand we have heard that Arthur, his elder brother was really mean. In addition he was more like the older King Henry. He didn’t care that much about other people.

So when Arthur died, the royal family and our whole country were extremely shocked. But we were also a little relieved because Henry, who was a so good and kind person, would be the new king! Everybody thought he would be a great king. So when he at the age of seventeen became king he turned into being a very handsome young man too. We have a description of Henry by a lady that saw him in 1509: //"His Majesty is the handsomest potentate I ever set eyes on; above the usual height, with an extremely fine calf to his leg, his complexion fair and bright, with auburn hair and a round face so very beautiful that it would become a pretty woman, his throat was rather long and thick".// There’s no doubt, he was a beautiful man which all the ladies loved. Anyway, he married Catherine of Aragon. At this time he was a very healthy young man. We all know that he was great in wrestling, but he also played a lot of tennis and he loved hunting in the forests. We've heard that he could use a bow and arrow better than any other man in our country. So he was a young athlete that everyone adored. But it all went wrong. He hadn't a good love life, six different wives and he even executed some of them!

What went wrong? Well our expert says that the fame made him to this selfish man. Well, he wasn’t supposed to be a king, and when he became one it turned into a big shock. And the older he got the more mean he turned into. Year after year he grew meaner, older and fatter. This moved on until his death 28 January this year. So to all you out there who thought our dead king always had been a cruel king. No, actually he was a very cute boy and a handsome young man.