King Henry VIII - despot or cultural icon? - April 22 09

Britain's King Henry VIII is arguably one of the most famous monarchs in history, best known as a tyrant and serial husband.

But a new exhibition in London, marking the 500th anniversary of his accession to the throne, suggests he created England as it is seen today.

Emma Hayward reports from London.

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[akafiley]

@DarmstadtCelt He was not a savage, he was simply a ruler that wanted to keep peace within his kingdom and was a passionate romantic. Politics were very different than today; his and Wolsey's actions were vital in keeping the peace in England and in Europe, while raising the profile of England on the diplomatic stage.

[sunnysoundblackpool]

@mandaltby his body is in the church in winsor castle

[DarmstadtCelt]

A bloody tyrant as bloody as any of the bloody Popes. A self inflicted syphyllitic retrograde step in the evolution of Love and Empathy......Renaisance Man.???..a savage...like Bush and Hitler and Stalin...and of course the facism that lives in all of us...me included

[Johnraggett]

@mandaltby No, agressively insulting and obscene language diminishes the message. The most noble thing we can do as human being is to be kind to each other. You should try it. You will find your world a better place. We all live in an environment that is a reflection of our own attitude towards it.

[mandaltby]

@Johnraggett Oh course our emotions lack the maturity to cope with the products of our intellect, you dumb fancy pen cocksucker, that's why they are called emotions. Unlike your anal retentive repetitive parrot like way of writing. You know sometimes the message is more important than the way it was delivered.

[NorthWeezy2010]

@mandaltby i feel like pissing on your grave aswell as your head now

[Johnraggett]

Mandaltby's poor punctuation and insulting bad language seriously diminish any argument he may have had about these ridiculous superstitions we call religion. They are a betrayal of our capacity for rational thought: proof that our emotions lack the maturity to cope with the products of our intellect.

[mandaltby]

We should piss on the fat bastards grave, he should of been beheaded the fat asshole  pig he was

[MsLiew1901]

@CE750 actually he was anti-pope because the pope wouldn`t let him have a new wife

[lizontopoftheworld]

i wish they would dig up his grave at st george i wonder what he looks like now