My Skin: A Catherine of Aragon Tribute

This is a tribute to Catherine of Aragon, my favorite wife of Henry VIII, using clips from the wonderful BBC "Six Wives of Henry VIII" miniseries from 1970, in which Catherine is played by Annette Crosbie (the only Catherine I've ever seen with the correct coloring) and Henry VIII played definitively by Keith Michell. I like that version especially because it includes scenes from their early marriage, when you can tell how much in love they were--it makes the end of their marriage seem all the more sad and tragic. Anyway, I thought this song just really fits her situation...it's by Natalie Merchant.

Also, if you can't hear it, Catherine's line in the fourth to last clip is: "My title is queen and that it will be until I die." And the clips of her crying in bed are from when her son Henry died after 1 month.

Comments are always appreciated! :)

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[katharinethequene]

Thsi video is amazing, a wonderful tribute t o ana amazing Queen. Catalina was such ana amazing woman wo deserved SO MUCH better. Maybe Arthur would have been a better husband - it wouldn't be hard to be better than Henry. She was betrayed by so many people her own husband, lady-in-waiting, father, and duenna among them.

[sherrilina]

Thanks! And yes, I agree....

[Rayarena]

I don't believe that Catherine was "behind her time." If she had been a submissive woman, she would have simply simply granted Henry the divorce. But she knew that by granting him the divorce she would then declare her daughter a bastard and herself a whore. To be declared a whore and a bastard in the 16th century was a terrible thing. We can't even begin to imagine the stigma, and we aren't talking about just anyone, we're talking about the Queen. There was simply too much at stake.

[ForEverSnoopy]

I think Katharine should have been declared a Martyr. She truly was a great women!

[CherryBlossomBlyue]

whats the name of the song

[CherryBlossomBlyue]

This is the first KOA that I have seen that physically resembles the actual Katherine, however the real katehrine was prettier

[LostYesterday]

An amazing tribute to by far the best Queen Consort England ever had, who was also an extremeley talented Regent.

[GoddessofCoruscant]

@GoddessofCoruscant Yes, Anne was nasty to Katharine and Mary, but Eva was nasty to entire groups of people which is MUCH worse. I know I shouldn't say this on a KOA video, but Anne wasn't the demon KOA supporters make her out to be. She wasn't a saint either. But to compare her to Evita-- a dictator who destroyed her country-- is laughable and insulting.

[GoddessofCoruscant]

also, as to the comment comparing Anne Boleyn to Eva Peron-- there are no similarities. Eva chased Peron, Henry chased Anne.Eva was intimate with many men, Anne probably only with two. Anne honestly gave to charity, Eva pretended to love the poor and fooled them Anne protected many roformers.Eva helped destroy her country. And Anne didn't harbor murderers! TBC

[GoddessofCoruscant]

@tranurse just ignore him. He's very nasty and doesn't want to believe anything good about the USA. Not saying the USA is perfect-- we're not. We have a lot of blood on our hands. But I've travelled a lot in various parts of the world and we ARE very fortuante.

[tranurse]

@GoddessofCoruscant thanks, i could remember the jeanette part, but for the life of me, i couldn't think of her last name, and i was too lazy to look it up.

[tranurse]

@astrofabio68 i am not naive, sorry. and gays can adopt in most states. i live in florida, and here they can't. i admitted that they couldn't in some states, and that includes the one i live in. i do admit to not knowing everything, but i also make a concerted effort to at least know what i am speaking of, before i open my mouth. and they probably did give women the vote, in order to count on their votes, as women are much more likely to vote than men are.

[GoddessofCoruscant]

@tranurse thank you. some people just believe whatever they're told. And the woman you're thinking of is Jeannete Rankin. (not sure if I spelled her name right.) But some people are just downright nasty, and not worth your time.

[astrofabio68]

@tranurse yes because that was neccesary to obtain votes for political ideas and need suport for that...you are so naif..

And in your country the gays can not married or adopt chidren, don`t lie! you think all the people are ignorant like you!???

only in a few states the gay people can do that...please...