Why didn’t they use Henry VIII’s real life best friend and confidant Sir Anthony Denny in the show? He was best man at most of his weddings, Anthony’s son Edward was named after Henry’s son Edward who was also Edward Denny’s godfather. Sir Anthony was given the use of the Windsor crest in the 1st and 4th quadrants of his crest. He was also given full rights to rule as Henry was on his death bed. Sir Edward Denny wasn’t even noted in the Elizabeth movies. He was best friends with Sir Walter Raleigh and they pirated together. Edward married a cousin of Anne’s. (They are my ancestors)
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I just don't know why The Tudors did not feature Sir Anthony Denny as he would have been an interesting character to have in the show. There are some weird ommissions in the programme and some weird additions, like Ursula Misselden, and I hate the way that Princess Margaret is a mixture of Mary and Margaret, very annoying!
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I thought Charles Brandon who married the sister of Henri – Mary, was Henri’s best friend throughout the years. Is that not so???
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April Denny Bouchard Reply:
May 19th, 2011 at 2:27 pm
Henry had many “friends” but it came down to whom he could Trust the most and who served him best. Sir Anthony Denny (16 January 1501 – 10 September 1549) was a confidant of Henry VIII of England. Denny was the most prominent member of the Privy chamber in Henry’s last years having, together with his brother-in-law John Gates, charge of the “dry stamp” of Henry’s signature, and attended Henry on his deathbed (Wikipeadia). Sir Anthony was the ONLY person who, with alot of courage and respect, told Henry he was dying and was appointed Executor of his will.
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Chelsea Reply:
February 9th, 2012 at 4:23 pm
By then though wasn’t Charles Brandon dead?? Yeah I always got the impression that Brandon was Henry’s close friend. And from who he seemed to be I doubt he would have had any problem telling Henry his time was comming and to confess and all that.
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