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S2.E01: Wreckage


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Her heartfelt tears with Cromwell and that embrace with Henry--Henry loved his children (as long as they toed the line) and until the split started emerging between Henry and Catherine, Henry was a very loving, indulgent father who was very proud of Mary. I'm not crazy about the fairly recent Marian revisionism I see (burning to death hundreds of people for their religious principles is absolutely cruel, no matter how many people want to say "well, this person killed more!" Burning is one of the cruelest ways to kill people--I'd much rather be beheaded) but it can't be denied that Henry did a number on Mary. I can't imagine experiencing her incredibly privileged childhood--she was the acknowledged Princess of Wales, the heiress apparent at one point--and then processing the betrayal she experienced during her teens. He didn't even allow her to see Catherine when she was dying.

Loved Mary's talking about her (full) brothers and sisters--she had a bunch of them, she was the only one who survived.

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