Watched part of a Mary Tudor documentary on youtube. Absolutely awful!
Basically, it was all male interviewees who all agreed that Mary was cruel and unjust. And they got some of the most basic facts wrong.
Here's a couple of things they claimed:
1. Elizabeth was Mary's step-sister.
2. Henry VIII had a son with his fourth wife, Jane seymour.
3. Mary was 34 years old when her father died.
First of all, Mary and Elizabeth were half-sisters. Henry VIII had a son with his Third wife, Jane Seymour. And Henry VIII died in January 1548, making Mary just a couple of weeks shy of her 30th birthday....
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