tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post3294525412337991798..comments2024-03-28T14:17:26.219-05:00Comments on Tudor Q and A: Question from Orla - Henry VIII and his mother Elizabeth of YorkLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-13009679560122276372011-09-30T17:00:37.277-05:002011-09-30T17:00:37.277-05:00David Starkey certainly believes that Elizabeth ha...David Starkey certainly believes that Elizabeth had a profound influence on Henry VIII, as a boy.<br /><br />Unlike his brother, Prince Arthur, who had his own household, away from the court, Henry was brought up with his sisters, in a more feminine environment.<br /><br />Starkey also believes that the similarity between Elizabeth's handwriting and Henry's, points to the fact that Elizabeth may have taught Henry to write. <br /><br />Henry was later to write that, "the death of my most dearly-loved mother was the most hateful intelligence to me". I've always thought that was a very interesting and telling phrase.<br /><br />Henry certainly had Yorkist colouring as a child, which also perhaps made him more attractive to his mother.tudor princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243385495901442111noreply@blogger.com