Comments by "RenShiWu" (@renshiwu305) on "A Royal Revolution - How Charles III is reshaping the Monarchy" video.

  1. Henry VIII cut his sister Margaret's progeny from the line of royal succession and left in his declared bastard progeny simply because he was an egotist and he needed his bloodline to carry the dynasty into the future, legitimate or not. Margaret Tudor's daughter from her second marriage, Margaret Douglas, was long resident in England and both of her sons (including Henry, Lord Darnley, father of James I) were brought up in the kingdom. To skip over the first-born Margaret's descendants in favor of the younger Mary's descendants was also a sleight against his older sister, who - being older, being consort of the King of Scots - was independent of her brother. Mary was younger and biddable (she was wedded to her father's age King of France, Louis XII, through her brother's machinations). Young Mary Tudor was named after her aunt, so Henry had a greater affection for his younger sister. If Henry was truly planning from a perspective of what he thought best for the kingdom, he wouldn't have allowed a recalcitrant Catholic like his daughter to inherit the throne. Neither would he allow a woman to become monarch (the reason he initiated the King's Great Matter was to prevent exactly that scenario from transpiring). However, Henry VIII's desire to preserve his children as potential heirs outweighed more prudent courses. In so doing, Henry upended the traditional inheritance procedures and consigned England to chaos and strife in the near-term future.
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