Yes, you need a double take to realise this is Henry VII, not his equally odious son and successor, Henry VIII. Image taken from the link below.

Time for some more utter tosh about nasty, mean, beastly,, heartless, murderous Richard III.

Not that Henry VII fares well either: “….Henry VII was not a fun guy. He was strict, severe, and unbearably cheap. Records from his early reign show that he never parted with a penny he didn’t have to, and he tracked England’s finances down to the last crumb of bread….” And he grew a beard which he clearly bequeathed to his son and heir. Oh dear. As for Margaret Beaufort, she was “….a hardened battleax of a woman….” That at least is spot on.

To read more, go to the link below, but be warned, it’s straight out of the Philippa Gregory/Starz rulebook.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/elizabeth-of-york-was-born-into-scandal-and-married-into-royalty-but-few-people-know-her-dark-history/ss-AA1X2HuP?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover


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