Opening The Coffin Of King Henry VIII

One of the most notorious Kings of England was King Henry VIII, the 6 wifed King who even executed two of his own wives. But Henry VIII's health throughout his life was awful and shocking, and he would become ill around 1547. He had suffered with smallpox and gout and was very large and obese and he would then die inside the Palace of Whitehall. Henry VIII would request that when he died he would want to be buried with his third wife Jane Seymour, inside of St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. This was the burial place of many medieval Kings and Queens, and Henry VIII commissioned a huge tomb to be built but this would never be finished.
Henry VIII was buried inside of a small vault under the Quire of St George's Chapel, and this was a very modest and small burial site despite his reputation in History. But this burial site would be disturbed a number of times as Charles I the executed King was interred next to Henry VIII and the coffin of Henry VIII had been disturbed and broken.
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[@MariaTorres-hc5uq]

Whoever placed a beheaded king next to the great "beheader" had a very, very, twisted sense of humour...😏

[@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627]

And then some (ironic lol)

[@LiterarySnob]

I noticed that in Westminster Abbey. QEI is entombed like 12inches from her cousin that she signed to have her beheaded!!

[@thekingsilverado3266]

If I could see that happening if ya watch Benny Hill... The English always had a perverted sense of what is humor.

[@aResoluteProtector]

Likely the same family line of bankers who run the world today. Why? Simple. . . step one of globalism was to remove the Monarchy. . . The more you know 🌠

[@dixiefallas7799]

So they didn’t open his coffin at all! They just went into the vault. So what is the point of your video?

[@billdivine9501]

Thanks for saving me 9 minutes and 40 seconds

[@rickhartman2106]

Clicks

[@nujaz]

Word salad…. I hate videos like this.

[@timbuckxxi9690]

Thanks, 0:16 paused at 16 seconds.. And moved on..

[@dixiefallas7799]

@@timbuckxxi9690 Yep click bait!

[@zingwilder9989]

Well, Henry, whether you like it or not; there you are. You've also got some roommates.

[@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627]

Including Charles the First, second in line of the dynasty that succeeded the Tudors. Someone saw fit to put them together in the same vault. What’s more, Charles the 2nd thought the existing arrangements for his dad were adequate. Cromwell I guess sort of meant well. But if the “fun police” didn’t go to town on Britain to the extend they did, in the form of his Puritan dictatorship, there would’ve been far stonier ground for Charles the 2nd to return. Food for thought.

[@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627]

But I think he was conscious that the civil war was a recent memory, and he didn’t want to stir the pot too much by building a lavish tomb for his executed dad.

[@zingwilder9989]

Yes. I'm also certain Charles II was aware that his father was not that well loved by the people. @@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627

[@JamesAllmond]

He deserves no monument and I also love that he is buried right next to Charles the First. Bummer for Jane Seymour to be buried with that lot...

[@AmamSelih]

Ikrr, poor Jane fr

[@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627]

Henry the Eighth’s body has gotten far better treatment than Richard the 3rd - lost to posterity tomb in a car park. (Till recently). I’m in two minds - given he executed two of his wives - whether he deserves a tomb-upgrade.

[@SpeccyMan]

... body has had far better treatment ...

[@640626]

I say let the Ba****d be were he is he does not deserve anything else...

[@nobbynoris]

Henry VIII committed a great many more atrocities than just those two.

[@larapalma3744]

There was an extraordinary paucity of car parks in his time

[@kathygoulden2925]

The King's body (Richard) was originally buried under or near a chapel. Don't know when the Chapel was removed or wasted away. Centuries later the ground was indeed a paved parking lot.

[@JonPaul1953]

He's not dead, he works down our chip shop with Elvis

[@mpetersen6]

The oldest living monarch is Saron of Akhadd. 😊

[@JonPaul1953]

@@mpetersen6 Interesting. Though with a name like that, he likely works in a kebab or curry house?

[@charlesedwards4160]

Lord, give me curry.

[@JonPaul1953]

@@charlesedwards4160 Or buy me a Mercedes Benz. RIP Janis Joplin🥀😢

[@juliehoulding1271]

That's right. Henry VIII isn't dead. He's alive n kicking playing a long time leading role in Eastenders!!

[@jimorr820]

Judgement is above my pay grade, but barring his last moment repentance...his burial.circumstances are the least of his worries now 👹👺👹👿😈👿👹👺

[@jennyhunter-beckinsall6411]

Please do not deify this horrible man. I do not think he was a great king.

[@GG-jw8pt]

As Attenborough is the voice of nature, you sir, are the voice of history! 👍🇬🇧

[@ContactsNfilters]

Everytime sometime breaks into the vault it should play the Henry the 8th song 🎵 😂

[@winnifredforbes1114]

Payback, baby!😱

[@rickncam3]

Excellent documentary. Thank you.

[@hettyphilips]

He was a horrible man but he and his daughter, Elisabeth 1st, put Britain on the map, so from an historical point of view all should be well preserved and looked after.

[@fairyspunfibers9098]

His nasty daughter was just as evil.

[@TruthLivesNow]

Very good presentation. King Henry VIII deserved this!

[@dixiefallas7799]

Don’t forget Anne Boleyn was black too according to the recent video, not that I watched it!🤯

[@lesscotford1419]

The Tudors. All4. 6 series. Very good. All a while before exploding coffins.

[@dkaymc6758]

Interesting that Charles Brandon his best friend was buried not far from his own tomb and the kings cost

[@donwayne1357]

Charles Bronson? The actor?

[@fairyspunfibers9098]

His "best friend" was St. Sir Thomas More, whom the fat old monster executed for continuing to be Catholic.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

He was optimistic given the size of his cod piece.

[@charlesedwards4160]

Hmm you like the taste of fish huh?

[@charlottepeukert9095]

I can't get my head around this cod-pieces. What a strange way to dress. I mean did they seriously want to display the size of their private parts?😂

[@madeleinebaier5347]

The codpiece was an exaggeration 😂

[@charlottepeukert9095]

@@madeleinebaier5347 Yes, but it's still strange. Especially in Henry's case. Did his father also wear this exageration or was it introduced by Henry,8?

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

@@madeleinebaier5347 It was matched to his ego, not his……..anatomy.

[@jeanmarcwatson]

Your argument for granting Henry VIII's wish of having him interred within a mausoleum is akin to Hitler being granted a similar wish. Henry was infamous and not famous.

[@amandapanda7878]

not iconic, he was a monster

[@Izumi-sp6fp]

Where's the photographs or video? When was the last time anybody opened the vault? Sometimes these bodies mummify pretty good in cool dry conditions. It would be interesting to see how everybody is coming along after almost half a millennium.

[@chrisrobson393]

It was last opened for the internment of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022.

[@jimmyoconnell6167]

Very interesting 👌

[@casinoroyle5254]

I believe it was old Henry, had his cook, boiled alive, because he, allegedly, serve some bad food. All heart, old Henry

[@franksheppard2127]

Henry the eighth should have been tiered on the nearest landfill site

[@jaddison1112]

King Henry VIII was a dispicable murder, and menatlly ill sadist. His historical memory derserves to be despised.

[@TheSegadroid]

Fantastic shoulder pads though.

[@OmnivorousReader]

... "most brutal"? Really? Sure, being married to him was hazardous to the health, but otherwise I believe he was a pretty decent administrator. His daughter however, Mary the 1st, had almost 300 people burned to death because they did not follow her religion. Richard the 1st fought insanely his whole life and his cruelty in putting down revolts in Gascony led to revolt there in 1179. His body count was phenomenal. King John. Well... Such a terrible human being that most all his country rose against him and we got the Magna Carta out of it. I could keep going. There is a lot worse.

[@beanovofilgueira1584]

Henry VIII, hirvió vivos a reos , horrorizando a sus contemporáneos, una verdadera bestia ; teniendo en cuenta la brutalidad propia de la época, este tipo fue el peor con mucha ventaja. Asesinó a sus esposas, a Bolena con acusaciones totalmente falsas y a la otra , una simple mocosa adolescente por tener amoríos, no obstante, existen algunos historiadores, cuya opinión al respecto también tiene sus dudas en cuanto a las cartas presentadas , dado la paupérrima educación recibida por Catalina Howard.... A Catalina de Aragón, le amargó sus últimos días. Declaró bastardas a sus dos hijas , a las que maltrató de forma sistemática. Fue un auténtico puerco indolente , ocupado en perseguir a las mujeres de su corte , a tal punto, que tuvo cómo amante a María Bolena , hermana de Ana , hubo incluso rumores de que también había tenido relaciones con la madre de ambas, extremo este último, negado por el propio Henry VIII, admitiendo eso sí, su relación con María. Tuvo hijos ilegítimos, el más famoso quizá , el que tuvo de su relación con Elizabeth " Bessie " Blount , Henry Fiztroy duque de Richmond , cuyo nombre es una declaración de paternidad clara . Tal vez si este chico no hubiese muerto a los 16 años, no se habrían producido tantas muertes después..... Se habla aquí de los 300 ejecutados por María Tudor , evidentemente una salvajada , no obstante, las ejecuciones ordenadas por Henry VIII, fueron muchas más , caracterizadas además por una crueldad sin precedentes. Fue un rey soberbio , tiránico y con ansias de poder absoluto, la prueba está en las ejecuciones de todas las personas qué, le supusieran un freno o una oposición a sus planes, empezando por Thomas Moore , seguido de una larga lista.

[@blumenthol]

Henry VIII probably in hell. He did some awful things (typical of the times). IMHO - being a monarch means nothing after you croak. I could be wrong.

[@elizabethengquist4185]

He was a monster and responsible for too many innocent deaths to count. Hope he is in Hell where he belongs!

[@jstewart3517]

So much about rest in peace 😮

[@operationgoldfish8331]

What's wrong with the past tense? You seem addicted to using the conditional 'would' instead of the actual past tense. "He would become ill..." No would about it, he did become ill; he *became* ill. 'Would' suggests an act of will or, possibly, a habitual open ended activity, e.g. "We would often pick flowers in the springtime". This may be okay in regular conversation, but not if you're narrating a documentary.

[@MurielDeppman]

Henry did some bad things, but i see his position in getting a male heir. turned out well, though Elizabeth I was the real deal

[@VanessaBaker-h2x]

Henry as a young man, was handsome & athlete, he was also avery clever man. Due to the accidents he had which caused his leg to ulcerate all the rest of his life. I think you would be bad tempered if you had the pain this man went through. Yes l am fed up with term tyrant.

[@keithsmith3386]

He was a nut bar!! Full ✋️

[@James-tq8go]

Didn't Henry speak 6 or 7 languages?

[@linniem5982]

He spoke several languages. Henry also was educated as he had attended three universities.

[@yodaz101]

Why are these graves being opened.. Leave it alone...

[@susanwright4414]

Why waste one penny on that murderer?

[@williamscott-ryan1538]

Where is the monument that they started?

[@davewills6121]

Go ask Charles what should be done with Henry's bones...Glue

[@Tawny6702]

You say he was one of the most barbaric and horrific kings that England ever had, but then say he was the most famous king that England ever had and surely his legacy deserves a tomb and monument outlining this….despite his brutality! That really doesn’t make any sense, because being a brutal tyrant is exactly what he was famous for! There are many kings and queens that are far more worthy of grand tombs and monuments than Henry VIII, and the story goes that the monument planned for his demise was never completed before his death, that and quite possibly the fact that his treasury was drained for his failed wars with France and of course his tendency to spend frivolously!

[@gerry5134]

If they removed Henry's entrails it wouldnt be likely that his body exploded

[@dl7596]

I noticed that also.

[@jackmabel6067]

Yet another reason to be cremated, rather than buried. Living people love to dig up graves.

[@bettyprice7428]

I know. It's weird isn't it😮

[@galeocean4182]

I think he is exactly where he should be. No monument needed

[@alexbowman7582]

Henry VIII was said to have been suffering from syphilis, although this has seemingly been airbrushed from history, and this may explain his paranoia and despotism. Syphilis was widespread in despotic leaders, it’s difficult to imagine they weren’t infected, and that bacteria may have changed the minds of leaders and the course of history.

[@Kelnx]

It's highly unlikely he ever contracted syphilis, as the first cases of it weren't reported in Europe until the 1490s as Europeans returned from the Americas and brought it with them (despite modern attitudes towards this, there is no question syphilis existed in the Americas before Columbus, but no concrete evidence that it did in Europe prior). While his personality changed around 1528, meaning it's possible he could have caught syphilis by then, there just isn't much evidence to suggest it (particularly due to his being a notorious hypochondriac that avoided much personal contact outside of court due to the many epidemics during that time). Nor does syphilis particularly lead to such mental illness/personality changes in most cases (incidence is

[@alexbowman7582]

@@Kelnx it’s possible that a less virulent strain of syphilis was in Europe and unrecognised before the imported American version. The Crusaders took mercury for “leprosy” but mercury isn’t effective against leprosy but is against syphilis

[@alexbowman7582]

@@Kelnx acidic wine was often in lead containers and sometimes even boiled in lead containers.

[@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627]

I’ve heard diabetes as well.

[@dl7596]

@@Kelnx Kelnx, " (despite modern attitudes towards this, there is no question syphilis existed in the Americas before Columbus, but no concrete evidence that it did in Europe prior)"

[@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627]

I love it he’s buried next to Charles the first, great-great grandson of his early enemy, James the 4th. And a successor in the line that succeeded the Tudors. History is never boring!

[@abdiver12]

I had the same reaction when I found out that Mary Queen of Scots is buried right next to Elizabeth I in Westminster Abbey, in a tomb that's much grander than that of the woman who had her executed!

[@ShaunUnderwoodx]

I am sure somebody had a sense of humour and did it as a mockery

[@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627]

@@abdiver12 Mary wanted buried in France beside her first husband. Her final wishes have never been observed.

[@salem484848]

History is never boring, but the guy who speaks on these needs to put some expression into the script because he makes it sound boring the way he narrates.

[@princerupert6161]

People forget he most probably suffered a major brain injury after a jousting accident. He lay unconscious for two days. His personality was never the same afterwards.

[@linniem5982]

Yes, it is also believed that Henry might have been bipolar.

[@alexbowman7582]

He may have had syphilis or/and lead poisoning.

[@Tawny6702]

All speculative talk and hearsay, no one really knows the truth! Sheer entitled greed and lust are far more likely! Indeed a most famous of kings but for all the wrong reasons and unlike his daughter achieved very little for the nation!

[@ShaunUnderwoodx]

That doesn't excuse him from murder

[@lotstodo]

They showed this accident in 'The Tudors' show.

[@frederiklaureys1516]

Henry VIII, the Dirty Killer in to British History…😢

[@Richnineteenseventyone]

Glad he did not get his wish. To say He was not a nice bloke is an understatement. Thanks for sharing the vid.

[@The_New_IKB]

Being a good king and being a good person are often two different paths!

[@nigel900]

Don’t think he has any idea…

[@psyclotronxx3083]

He was a dictator. Probably brain damaged

[@GoogleGoogle-fy3cj]

Henry was neither a good king nor a good person.

[@davidwesley2525]

​@@GoogleGoogle-fy3cjHenry the VIII Had two of His Wives Beheaded. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@MrHathaway1337]

Why is there a lack of photographs of the things discussed in your videos? Like the tomb in question, his coffin and etc?

[@peggyleadingham4528]

photography did not exist in 1813 when the vault was opened it has never been opened since

[@siliyemoodislam]

Because he is spam SOB and MOFO

[@MrHathaway1337]

@@peggyleadingham4528 Thomas Wedgwood made the first reliably documented, although unsuccessful attempt at capturing camera images in permanent form. His experiments did produce detailed photograms.

[@nohandle62]

Henry VIII was NOT good-looking. 👎🏻

[@jkorshak]

In his youth and as a young man into adulthood, Henry Tudor was considered "good looking." Read a book ffs.

[@tonybroderick4808]

​@@jkorshakwell they would be afraid to suggest otherwise.

[@jkorshak]

@@tonybroderick4808 I see. Who's this "they?"

[@tonybroderick4808]

@@jkorshak Portrait painters,, courtiers, employees and anybody who were in his vicinity.

[@serahloeffelroberts9901]

When he was young he was tall, handsome and athletic. He lost his looks as he aged when he lost his health and became monstrously obese

[@nigel900]

There’s a place where Ol’ Henry the Depraved Tyrant will go… 👹

[@warren496]

Title is a lie. There is no opening of the coffin!

[@Starchaser63]

I would love to go back in time and become invisible and follow Henry VIII around , what an experience indeed...🤴 👑

[@kimberlycolezemke2290]

Except when he farted...

[@Starchaser63]

@@kimberlycolezemke2290 correction - Henry VIII never as you put it " darted ' ...he would pass only the finest " Royal Regal Wind " 😃

[@kimberlycolezemke2290]

@Starchaser63 yes of course....silly me. It would be airs of the fermentation of the finest Roast goose and fricasied beast

[@Starchaser63]

@@kimberlycolezemke2290 exactly 👏

[@markslezak8098]

That would be something!!

[@liberty_and_justice67]

Sociopath. Cruel even compared to standards of the time. Left England in a poorer condition than he had inherited. Bad King, by any standard.

[@Beatrix7004]

Leave the dead buried. Don’t open up vaults and graves. How would they like it if someone opened up their crypt. It’s disrespectful.

[@eileenstogdell3378]

😢 I would be very grateful to future students to get dna. This would solve many mysterious problems

[@deniseroe5891]

What is rarely spoken of it the fact he had a terrible accident whilst jousting. He fell from the horse and I believe it rolled on him. Henry was also unconscious for a long while. This caused a major change in his personality and he also developed a abscess on his leg that never healed properly. So put him in a new coffin and bury him next to his favorite queen. BTW, he is also my many great uncle

[@lotstodo]

That's interesting and cool. OK, new casket, that's valad.

[@eugeniastravels8954]

*an abscess

[@lotstodo]

@@eugeniastravels8954 ironically it was from wearing tight ribbons to show off his muscular calves.

[@Meggiebeth19]

He is buried by his favorite queen Jane Seymour.

[@BevHoward-ne9xr]

Your history?

[@tymz-r-achangin]

Awwww I cant believe you didnt edit in I'm Henry the Eighth, I am. Henry the Eighth I am, I am! I got married to the widow next door, She's been married seven times before And every one was a Henry She wouldn't have a Willie nor a Sam. I'm her eighth old man named Henry Henry the Eighth, I am!

[@mpetersen6]

Hen-er-ee

[@tymz-r-achangin]

@@mpetersen6 go try somewhere else to make yourself feel smarter by going around to merely correct nominal things. The world is tired of you lame people

[@madeleinebaier5347]

H! E! NRY!

[@desireeguttery5541]

Second verse, same as the first!

[@lindalinn6046]

Ev re one was an en er re!

[@lornapeynado7597]

Very weirdly narrated

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204]

Have you ever discussed his head injury , which apparently changed his personality and the way he acted. Which could be the reason behind his brutality.

[@nobbynoris]

That's a commonly repeated myth. Henry's ruthlessness was evident long before that joust.

[@serahloeffelroberts9901]

True, he treated his first wife Catherine of Aragon in a very shabby manner, and that was long before his accident.

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204]

@@nobbynoris not from what I've read. Can you give me a historical source which states that

[@seamuscorley2858]

His Royal DNA is the reason for his murderous cruelty, same as the rest of them.

[@Alext165]

Nasty and horrible, he doesn’t deserve a monument

[@cherrypicker4379]

If he had been embalmed and his entrails and heart removed, there would nothing to create such volumes of gas to explode and damage the coffin, so which was it?

[@pheart2381]

Embalming in those days just meant rubbing spices and oils on the body and perhaps a bunch of herbs placed in the cavity where organs were removed. His coffin issues were well documented.

[@cherrypicker4379]

​@@pheart2381 You have pointed out exactly why the body would not have exploded, "the body cavity". There would be nothing to create gases, hence no explosion. The use of the word "embalmed" by the poster was incorrectly misleading, Under the circumstances you have highlighted, the body would have just naturally decayed with no further reaction. as regards to the damaged coffin, since the was not a catalyst to an explosion, the damage must have been caused in some unrelated circumstance. Just to qualfy, I was a nurse, and my wife still is, so there is some medical knowledge between us, no matter how meagre you might think that to be.

[@pheart2381]

@@cherrypicker4379 so that is a bit of a mystery then. History Calling channel did a video on the topic but its a while since I watched it. If the coffin was airtight maybe gasses could build up? Only guessing though.

[@francisebbecke2727]

As the Rolling Stones said, "You don't always get what you want."

[@Whookieee]

But you get what you need!🎵

[@madeleinebaier5347]

It's "you CAN'T always get what you want "

[@trishtrish9713]

😅

[@MurielDeppman]

yes, that Mick Jagger is quite the philosepher...

[@tracymcardle7395]

Very true is Mick

[@brianmallon1810]

Let him rot where he is. For all his fame and infamy.

[@StefaniaP880]

I wonder, how come the royal family isn't taking any action in regards to this matter? Or maybe they have and its kept secret for some reason... maybe his body isn't even there...? who knows...

[@StraightOutOfContext]

Jane Seymour didn’t die weeks later she died 10 days later from direct result of childbirth she died of a hemorrhage in internal bleeding an infection from part of the placenta being left in her uterus

[@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627]

As did Henry’s mother Elizabeth of York. Except in Jane’s case, Edward survived, for 16 years.

[@TangoSierra888]

What was the significance of removing their innards & burying them separately?

[@toscadonna]

Sounds like an Ancient Egyptian ritual.

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

To present putrefaction after death. The innards cause most of the gas and fermentation of corpses. The hearts were often sealed in lead and inscribed.

[@AnnieVanAuken]

On the word "buried", this means placed in the ground. When remains are in a vault, they are INTERRED.

[@AnnieVanAuken]

@@tcbink Whether or not I personally comprehend is irrelevant. Accuracy is critical, ESPECIALLY when dealing with history.

[@larapalma3744]

​@@AnnieVanAukenbut what is truth? And history is written by?

[@AnnieVanAuken]

@@larapalma3744 I appreciate you use your name here, but I've got no time for such persiflage. Am absorbed with my own YT channel and take a rare break to watch a history doc or two.. In passing however TRUTH is immutable, and yet at times it must be protected from distortion. Peace.

[@doctor_gibbo1392]

Burial and interred are synonyms. Here in the UK we often use the words interchangeably. You can be buried in a tomb and you can be interred in the ground. Both terms are perfectly acceptable and accurate here. There are of course cultural differences with language and if you come from a different part of the world you may have a different and more localised lexicon but this video is made by a British person using British terminology so the words he used are fine in this context.

[@AnnieVanAuken]

@@doctor_gibbo1392 Thanks. That was cogent, concise and conclusive. :?D

[@raumaanking]

Imagine if Henry the 8 gave Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard an annulment and sent them away and they were still alive during henry the 8 death what would their reaction be

[@CarlosGarcia-fi4yu]

Correction, the 'most infamous king of England."

[@SpeccyMan]

The narrator's command of English is not the best.

[@jennyhunter-beckinsall6411]

Henry was a dreadful man. It is estimated he caused the deaths of about 47000 people

[@robjones2408]

A cruel, murderous tyrant who was responsible for the execution of over 30,000 people in his repellant reign. He was buried in an unmarked grave for over two hundred years before it was re-buried in a simple plot. How this matter must have galled his vicious egotical soul for all eternity. The Tony Soprano of Tudor times. He was a bully and a thug.

[@koalaeinstein-y7r]

I once read that every single family in England had one member who was killed directly because of Henry the 8th . Basically the Kim Jong of his era He ruled via fear .

[@lynnplestid2711]

You never opened and view the king, colicky bait !!

[@mikerhonevich481]

Exactly! We're sick of the arSShole coliky baiters

[@martinkirby3100]

Henry the 8th was a murdering tyrant who should be rotting in hell

[@valentinat3250]

Sorry, not sorry, that he was treated so carelessly after death.

[@mathewwoods9111]

Sounds like there were a bunch of weirdos in England then as there are today.

[@Sarah_270]

what?

[@paulpilkington1797]

At least he took our country away from the less than desirable clutches of Rome

[@TheProphetMonk]

You should do one on Piotr Sosnowski. He was a priest in Poland who was executed by Firing Squad by the Nazis a month after they invaded Poland in 1939.

[@johnnyjohnny7204]

he's a disgusting monument to brutality and cruelty. he deserves nothing.

[@garethjudd5840]

England's worst serial killer.

[@kathygoulden2925]

No... there's much worse

[@thomasp.monroe4922]

For all the people he had murdered he should be disinterred and left to the dogs

[@chrispoe8404]

He deserves the memory he left behind, future generations should dislike him as much as past!!! It’s a fitting end to his memory.

[@donwayne1357]

Beware The Illinois Enema Bandit. He'll leave something behind, a special memory.

[@chrisanduncensoredjapan6627]

If Henry had a magic bowl and saw the Tudor dynasty would be succeeded by the Stuarts, his end may have been accelerated by some years - and saved a lot of lives.

[@OscarRodriguez-kx1zq]

If his elder brother had survived England would be different now. Henry VIII, like the current Henry, duke of Sussex was "The Spare"...

[@hurricane7950]

There seems to be more clickbait than true titles these days.

[@catherinenewman6516]

So many kings in the 14-16th century overspent on wars with France and Ali the field of the cloth of gold Henry 7 was parsimonious but Henry 8 a big spender

[@OscarRodriguez-kx1zq]

A tyrant, a sociopath, a malignant narcissist that changed the course of history of his country forever. He deserved every bit of suffering and now he is in hell (if that exists).

[@CooksAndLooks]

My many great grandfather the last Monk of Bury St Edmonds ,Rev John Reeve died of a broken heart because of Henry v111.I’m glad old Henry is feeling slightly uncomfortable.

[@cbm2156]

Why has the UK not built better accommodations for its Kings from the past? That should be a sign of a great civilization to honor its former kings.

[@1234cheerful]

Do you want to pay for it? His own children did not make his memorial. You could hardly expect it of Mary, he ditched her mother and downgraded their status, destroyed the church she followed; Edward was so young, and everyone so busy jockeying for power. Elizabeth? He married, then killed her mother. She carried forward his church but that was it. The Church of England will be his memorial. All the people killed in the name of... Henry getting his way.

[@JF-oj6zf]

That monarchy should have been abolished centuries ago the most vicious family on this planet to this day!

[@auroraborealis6009]

It’s important to realize that all of these historic figures that they were all like us. None of them were all good or all bad. Plus society was different. Life was short and brutal. Human rights as we know them didn’t exist. In addition Henry suffered a severe head injury while jousting and had a non healing abscess on his leg for the rest of his life. Nowadays if someone has a TBI, they get treatment, support, and rehabilitation. He got none of those things.

[@caroltweedie9729]

Who would have thought after 300 years the coffin would have split open !!!

[@Hairnicks]

He was a destructive vandal, a thief and a murderer, I think he got more than he deserved and should have been put in the compost heap of a good Catholic.

[@valjones8948]

An untreated case of syphilis does tremendous damage to the brain, I've read. Just like alcoholism does. People become insane, and I believe that's what happened to Henry VIII. Terrible and sad. If he had not become insane, he might have made a great king. He was very enlightened and a real Renaissance Man - well read and talented in so many things.

[@sonofherne]

He showed signs far earlier than the accident.

[@maryettamoody5079]

Evil old man

[@timothykozlowski2945]

He also suffered terribly from the gout.

[@maryettamoody5079]

@@timothykozlowski2945 sadly yed

[@lawrence.porter]

Henry 8th the original Wanker king.

[@suzanneterrey4499]

Why is his coffin being disturbed? For what purpose?

[@davidadcock8717]

Wouldn't you love to go back in time, and sit down with Henry VIII, and tell him - from our times - how his policies had changed the world? How his Church of England still existed 600 years later? How his daughter Elizabeth I had to struggle to become the greatest Queen of England? I might skip the outcome of his funerary plans - too sad...

[@Paul-hl8yg]

With Henry breaking away from the catholic church albeit for his personal reasons, he changed World history. Henry started the Royal navy, which grew to be the biggest navy globally. The British empire may never have happened without Henry. A whole different set of possibilities could have happened, with the US never getting independent from the Spanish or French empires, that would have perhaps been dominant over Britain/World. The catholic church controlling Britain, Parliamentary Democracy may not have happened or delayed by hundreds of years. Slavery may have taken far longer to end. What if's lol but surely the World would be different today without Henry viii.

[@bernisweltredsun1245]

But if you catch him on the wrong foot you´ll lose your head quicker than you can say Mama. Bet your heini on it.

[@bernisweltredsun1245]

@Paul-hl8yg Around 25.000 ppl lost their lives because of him. He plundered the treasury of great britain,fought long and senseless wars and consumed human beings as well as turkeys. He got on the throne as a young,attractive and ambitioned man and left it as a 500 lbs colossus,suffering severe of his obesity and more. He defied the roman catholic church to establish an "anglican church" which acts without any real authorization. If he was tired of one of his wives he just killed them usually and has the balls to complain why he got excommunicated. This guy was not a king,he was a narrcisstic monster. Yes the world would be different today for great britain. Probably better.

[@peterpiper482]

Liz I was not much chop either. Quite a few died at her hands. Not as many as her sister but too many. She was an imperious old tart really.

[@stephenlight647]

The Church of England still exists? 😂 KIND OF, yeah. No, he was the largest (literally as well) Vandal since the original Vandals. His body and casket should be hauled out to sea, tied to a cement barge, and sunk.

[@nez9751]

This is the way I see it, and I’m not the oracle but this is my view Henry was a good person m then after suffering personal trauma descended into what we now know him to be, after his accident he suffered brain trauma and in his later life had a stroke which changed his personality, he was an alcoholic, and suffered from the changes in personality and behaviour as a result. It doesn’t necessarily excuse his actions but it is a major reason for his transition from young great sensitive prince to older demented tyrant. Religion saturated society, and he was addicted to that as well, as was the society in general. He was a victim in many ways , a victim of his responsibility to father a son and heir, and to rule when he was in constant pain and suffering. He is one of the saddest characters in history to me.

[@Twitch24]

Delighted to hear he is not resting in peace. Evil man

[@TenThirteen-1013]

Narcissism gone amuck!

[@johnough4893]

0:05 "Iconic"? Why use that tired over-used word? Why not use "famous", or "infamous" instead? It's more appropriate.

[@sh236]

"Henry VIII is the most famous king that England has ever had. His legacy deserves a tomb and monument outlining this." While I get the tourism angle of this, being well known isn't by itself a reason for a significant memorial. He is well known because he was a tyrant, put a lot of people to death, had several wives murdered and, what, ate a lot? It doesn't feel like posterity owes him much more of a grave then he's currently in.

[@messrsandersonco5985]

They didn't "break in". They were breaking the seal, not "breaking and entering". They had permission!

[@rhiannonrede]

Ironic that He is now sharing his resting place with Elizabeth II England's greatest Queen for ever.