The New Murrey and Blue blog

Oh, good grief. This link has arrived with the following hook: “….Similarly, in 1509 England’s Henry VII faced Richard III in battle and won…. “

What? I had to look further, of course, but—apart from the above image—the site isn’t available to me “for legal reasons”. Hmm, fear of a lawsuit from Henry VII, perchance? If he didn’t dispose of Richard III until 1509, it means he occupied the throne illegally from 1485, because that’s sure as heck when Richard died.

Well Henry did occupy a throne that was rightfully someone else’s, and he did so through treason, so I guess Henry Tudor wasn’t that fussy about the finer points of legality. But he’d be very twitchy indeed about it being splashed all over today’s media! A court case? Oh yes, I think so.

And since I’m not allowed to see what else the above article actually says, I’ll stick with my theory.