http://www.elizabethfiles.com/

try this link.

Neil Kemp said:

One question Claire, regarding the Richard 3rd post, who would post on a Tudor site an utter rant saying how much they hate the Tudors? It takes all sorts I suppose, but I found it a little sad and disrespectful.

My thoughts exactly, Neil. I read the post and though so what?

I read it as well, it did seem a little bit dramatic. And it seemed, to me anyway, to really just be a lot of name-calling.

It takes all kinds though I suppose. Just sad that they decided that this was the best way to express their opinion.

Bill1978 said:

I read it and it made my day. Made me feel very normal in comparison. but also slightly worried that he comes from my country, thankfully nowhere near him. I couldn't resist and had to write back with a legitimate question, not that I'm expecting a reply. But I guess it helped him get it off his chest and hopefully he has moved on.

Bill, I read your question over at the Elizabeth Files and I think it is a very appropriate one.  I doubt if he will return, but if he does, I anxiously await his reply.

Neil Kemp said

I’ve had no trouble looking at the Elizabeth Files forum, which looks good. One question Claire, regarding the Richard 3rd post, who would post on a Tudor site an utter rant saying how much they hate the Tudors? It takes all sorts I suppose, but I found it a little sad and disrespectful.

I can sort of understand his/her view, but it was disrespectful.. I mean if you think about it, the Lancashire line Red Rose was the true line, and the Yorks usurped it. If there hadn’t been the battle between the roses, Henry 6th son Edward would have ruled after him, and history would have been very different. Another fact is that Henry Tudor won the right for want of a better word, to take the throne, through conquest, William the Conqueror, did the same. He wasn’t really anything to do with England other than through his Aunt Emma of Normandy. Yes Edward the Confessor, named him to succeed him, but what good would he be in Normandy, so Edward the Confessor named Harold as King instead. We all know what happened at Hastings, but the point is William like Henry 7th won the Crown and England by combat. There were better claiments than Henry, The Duke of Buckingham for one, and then of course there were the Pole’s who again had a closer claim to throne. But not one of them made a play for the crown, either at Bosworth or at any other time during Henry 7th reign. The 2 pretenders well they may or may not have been Royal, who knows, but they were quickly put down along with any supporters they had. The Duke of Buckingham only became vocal about his claim in Henry 8th reign and as a result lost his head for it.
The same could be said about William the Conqueror, there were claiments with a far better claim than his and yet he managed to hold onto the throne.

As for loving or hating the Tudors I rather think it’s a Marmite Thing with them, you either love them or you hate them. Me personall I love them Well Duh would be posting on a forum if I didn’t. They made mistakes, but then that only means that they are human, Henry’s disaterious love life was a real tangled web, but at the same time no one can say that Henry was boring. His whole life was extremely complex and mysterious, as were his wives.