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>> Before I came to this board, I always thought the charges againt Anne Boleyn have been nothing but a court conspiracy, intregue, to get rid of an unwanted wife by the king himself and his counselors. Now, I don’t think so anymore.Now I think that ALL of this “conspiracy, adultery, or witchcraf” and even this “treasonous adultery and incest”, were all true. We are talking about the Bloodlines here. I bet Henry VIII knew of all of this from the get go and he took part of all of these orgies as well. But I think it reached a point where he had enough with Anne and wanted a new wife, so he used these acts to get rid of her, while halfway covering it so it won’t blow out of proportions and have himself unmasked as to what he was doing behind closed doors.
“[…] On 12 October 1537, Jane gave birth to a son, Prince Edward, the future Edward VI. The birth was difficult, and Queen Jane died on 24 October 1537 from an infection and was buried in Windsor. […].
With Charles V distracted by the internal politics of his many kingdoms and also external threats, and Henry and Francis on relatively good terms, domestic and not foreign policy issues had been Henry's priority in the first half of the 1530s. […] However, when Charles and Francis made peace in January 1539, Henry became increasingly paranoid, perhaps as a result of receiving a constant list of threats to the kingdom (real or imaginary, minor or serious) supplied by Cromwell in his role as spymaster. Enriched by the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry used some of his financial reserves to build a series of coastal defences and set some aside for use in the event of a Franco-German invasion.”
>>Paranoia?! Or McLeod syndrome symtoms kicking in?
“Physical decline and death
Late in life, Henry became obese, with a waist measurement of 54 inches (140 cm), and had to be moved about with the help of mechanical devices. He was covered with painful, pus-filled boils and possibly suffered from gout. His obesity and other medical problems can be traced to the jousting accident in 1536 in which he suffered a leg wound. The accident reopened and aggravated an injury he had sustained years earlier, to the extent that his doctors found it difficult to treat. The chronic wound festered for the remainder of his life and became ulcerated, preventing him from maintaining the level of physical activity he had previously enjoyed. The jousting accident is also believed to have caused Henry's mood swings, which may have had a dramatic effect on his personality and temperament.”
>> See how they find excuses for the symtoms of the McLeod syndrome? Weight gain, skin problems, a chronic wound and mostly his mood swings. He had them before, but now it’s more accentuated.
“The theory that Henry suffered from syphilis has been dismissed by most historians. Historian Susan Maclean Kybett ascribes his demise to scurvy, which is caused by insufficient vitamin C most often due to a lack of fresh fruits and vegetables in one's diet. Alternatively, his wives' pattern of pregnancies and his mental deterioration have led some to suggest that he may have been Kell positive and suffered from McLeod syndrome. According to another study, Henry's history and body morphology may have been the result of traumatic brain injury after his 1536 jousting accident, which in turn led to a neuroendocrine cause of his obesity. This analysis identifies growth hormone deficiency (GHD) as the reason for his increased adiposity but also significant behavioural changes noted in his later years, including his multiple marriages.”
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