King Henry VIII and The England Royalty

Wednesday we went to the Tower of London. We learned a lot because we went on a Yeomen tour. It was really fun anyone who goes there needs to take it. Our tour guide was actually funny not like some tours were there just say a pitiful joke were no one laughs. Everyone laughed.

Also we went to see the crowned jewel's. They were amazing. Everything was so beautiful, all the crown's the robes the scepters. But my favorite was the 'Grand Punchbowl'. The grand punchbowl was a giant solid gold punchbowl with a perimeter of about 4 ft. Everything really was so beautiful, it all sparkled so much and was just truly amazing to see.

But back to the point. We learned about many Kings and Queen, but the most interesting was King Henry VIII and the two princes in the tower. The two princes deaths are a true murder mystery. The princes went up to the tower with there uncle and guardian and didn't come back only many year's later did they find the remains of their bodies hidden in a chest near the stairs. The mystery is that we don't know who did it, though most people think it was there uncle, there is no way to tell.

King Henry VIII has another very interesting story. King Henry VIII is known for many things, he was truly a evil man. King H had an overall of six wives because he was after all an evil man, every time he wanted a divorce he just killed his wife. King H did do something worthwhile because after a while he got tired of having to kill his wives because he couldn't get a divorce so he broke away from the catholic church. I think i should answer a question that if your younger you might ask, "why can he just kill a queen like that" well he was the one born into power so he has more power than the queen, but when a girl is born into power she could kill the king.

Another thing King H was know for is his weight. King H was a very heavy man because his deit was very, very different from a commoner's . In one year he and his courteir's consumed 1240 oxen, 8200 sheep,2330 deer, 760 calves, 1870 pigs, 53 wild boar, a variety of fish species, and bird's and 600,000 gallons of ale. He started out a normal weight but bye the time he was in his 40's he was what we today would consider morbidly obese.

The Tower of London was really awesome and anyone in London needs to see it.

I guess today I'm just supposed to blog about whatever? I'm not really sure... but here goes nothing!

Two days ago we went to a museum here. It was really different from what I'd expected, and I think I learned a lot. I spent most of my time at the gems and rare stones. I had no idea rocks could come in SO many colors! There were thousands of different ones and they were all beautiful! 

At the end of that room, there was a small door I went through. It was called "The Vault". Inside was a sign saying many of the world's most precious and valuable items were in that very room. 

I saw many, MANY amazing things there! The room was full of beauty like I'd never seen before! I saw the pyramid with diamonds of "every single shade they can come in" (according to the label on the glass) I saw the legendary Cursed Amethyst, the world's largest cut jewel, and a lot more! 

Yesterday we went to another tourist attraction. It was the London Tower. We learned about torture, fat kings, dead wives, murdered princes, etc. 

There was a king named Henry the 8th. He lived from June 8th, 1491-January 28th, 1547, ruled by the time he was 21, and was FAT. He was so dang fat he was banned from doing sports. He was BUTT UGLY too, and I do mean U-G-L-Y ugly! 

And yet, due to extreme british sexism he could marry whoever he wanted. Not only that, but the women didn't even have a choice in whether they married this fat jerk or not. Nope, they just had to because they were women and he was a man. Messed up, right?

Anyway, he started out with wife #1. Eventually, (actually, he wasn't even with her for 10 years) he got sick of being with her because he wanted someone else. And divorce being against the catholic law, he couldn't get one. So the rational thing would be to stick it out, right? Well he was the king. So he ordered his men to kill her. And he went onto marrying another unwilling women. 

He wanted someone else again after a few years with her (OH MY GOD HE'S SO GREEDY!) and so he had her killed too. 

Next wife, same situation. 

And the next. 

And so on.

He had 6 wives in all. 

...What...a... #&@$! (can't say on here)

Anyway, moving on!

Our tour guide was funny, and kept making jokes and passes at women. I don't think he was serious but it was still a little comical that this old man in a dress (I guess it's common 1600's guard attire?) was saying "ladies, if you fall I will catch you. Gentlemen, if you fall... I shall laugh." and other remarks. 

After we went on the tour we ate some delicious (and EXPENSIVE) food at the cafe! It was really good. Then we went home.