Some crazy facts about King Henry VIII..........
- His doctors were afraid to tell him that he was dying because the Treason Act forbade anyone from predicting the death of the king
- His early armour showed a waist measurement of waist of about 34 to 36 inches indicating a weight of about 180 to 200 pounds when he was a young man
- His fifth wife, Catherine Howard, was just 18 years old when she was beheaded
- According to the English chronicler Raphael Holinshed the number of executions in his reign amounted to 72,000!
- The last set of armour owned by King Henry VIII showed a waist measurement of waist of about 58 to 60 inches which indicated a weight of about 300 to 320 pounds when he was an old man
- King Henry VIII is most often associated with the traditional English song Greensleeves and some believe that he wrote the words and lyrics of Greensleeves for Anne Boleyn during their turbulent courtship
