The Day Henry VIII Became King

Long before he became the infamous, larger-than-life tyrant who executed his wives and broke away from the Catholic Church, Henry VIII was just an athletic, highly educated eighteen-year-old prince. On this day in 1509, he was officially crowned alongside Catherine of Aragon at Westminster Abbey. The public celebrated his ascension as the dawn of a golden age of peace and chivalry, completely unaware of the absolute chaos, paranoia, and political bloodshed that his reign would eventually unleash on the kingdom. #britishhistory #tudorhistory #henryviii #royalfamily #shorts