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Did you know the Queen is a bastard?

She was a beautiful girl when she was a child. Her father doted her and we all knew she was “The greatest pearl in the kingdom”, just as her father said she was. Her family took care of her and she was a spoiled, but wonderful girl. She was going to be a great woman they said when they saw how good she was taken care of. She got an exceptionally good education, because as a Princess, she had to be smarter than the average of people. King Henry did everything for her, and he even arranged a marriage with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. At that time, Princess Mary was just 6 years old, and not quite ready for marriage, but the marriage was going to take place when she was 12 and more than old enough for marriage. But only two years later, Charles V. broke off the engagement. Mary overcame this, and traveled to Wales, as is tradition. She came back to England in 1527, and got engaged to a son of the French prince. The trouble started when King Henry got his first marriage declared invalid and married Ann Boleyn. They got a daughter together, Princess Elizabeth. They did not want a daughter, but a healthy male, as everyone with pride wants. But they had gotten themselves an heir. That made the former Princess Mary a bastard, and she lost her status. But she refused to accept the change in status, just like her mother once did. The King was infuriated by his daughter’s obstinacy, and threatened her by her life if she didn’t stop calling herself princess. We all know that she was a rude and selfish woman at that time, but she did not need to be all whiny and bothersome. She was sent to Princess Elizabeth’s household, and not many know this, but she was treated badly. And Henry refused to see her, but there is a rumor that says he was seen nodding and touching his hat in politeness. Many of us want a King, and not a Queen, because women are generally more troublesome and they have not the judgment of a male. But there is nothing we can do about it now, she is going to be our Queen, whether we like it or not. We’ve asked some people about their opinion, and most of them say that a Queen may be wrong, but in this case, it’s a good change. We need to clean up a lot of things in this country and even is Queen Elizabeth once a bastard, she’s not anymore. In these days she’s a pretty woman who has changed a lot, and our dear Queen admits it, as the lady she is. She rules the country in a strict, but wonderful way. She knows that England is a powerful country, and she is going to put our forces to use. There is change in the air, now that we finally have a Queen, and it’s a change for the better.
 * We all know how our King Henry got married again and how he got his other daughter Princess Elizabeth. So why is it that Mary is going to be queen, and not Elizabeth? And why on earth don’t we have a king? **