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‘Queen Anne’s death in 1619. Although they had lived separate lives, James always honoured her, and in poem he linked her death to the appearance of a comet. ‘She is chang’d not dead,’ he wrote, ‘for no good prince dies / But like the day-star only sets to rise.’ Her passing brought on deep depression, just as Prince Henry’s death had, and another attack of nephritis.’
— Aug 28, 2018 08:35AM
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Charlie Fenton
is on page 82 of 109
‘However the old king died, his son unquestionably gave him the largest funeral the country had ever seen, and he walked beside his coffin from Somerset House to Westminster Abbey. The mourning for King James, it must be conceded, was generally more perfunctory than heartfelt. At the time, Charles and even Buckingham were more popular than the querulous old king.’
— Aug 28, 2018 08:39AM
Charlie Fenton
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‘In 1604, the Earl of Dunbar persuaded James to appoint Robert Carr to a minor bedchamber post, and in 1607, after Carr was injured in a tilting match, the king nursed him and even taught him Latin... While we can only speculate about their sexual relationship, the intensity of James’s feelings for Carr was unmistakable.’
— Aug 28, 2018 08:27AM
Charlie Fenton
is on page 39 of 109
‘Horrified by the idea that he, like his father, might die in an explosion, James responded energetically to the Gunpowder Plot. The executioner duly carved up about twenty Catholics, some for involvement in the plot and others for failing to take the new Oath of Allegiance that James required in the wake of the conspiracy.’
— Aug 27, 2018 02:54PM
Charlie Fenton
is on page 31 of 109
‘In Scotland, he left the Privy Council, dominated by the Earl of Dunfermline and his old childhood friend the Earl of Mar. In Westminster, he retained almost all of Elizabeth’s senior officers and added some Scottish friends, most notably the Duke of Lennox, the Earl of Dunbar and the Master of Mar’s son, the Earl of Kellie.’
— Aug 27, 2018 02:08PM
Charlie Fenton
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‘In 1585 after a string of older men - regents Moray, Lennox, Mar and Morton, the Duke of Lennox, the Lords Enterprisers and the Earl of Arran - had dominated his administration, James took charge using several officials, most notably the new Lord Chancellor, John Maitland of Thirlestane, to tighten his grip on the realm.’
— Aug 27, 2018 01:39PM
Charlie Fenton
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‘Handsome young men attracted him, and his emotional life had long revolved around them. The precise nature of their sexual relationship remains unclear. James adopted the role of the older, wiser man, educating surrogate sons. Yet he publicly caressed and slept with them. His sexual tastes puzzles some contemporaries’
— Aug 27, 2018 01:24PM
