To think that a kiss between Henry VIII and Katherine Parr in the staged wedding at Hampton Court was a bit too much?

[GenevieveHawkings]

There we were watching the re-enactment of the wedding and Henry was just kissing her hand etc - all very modest - and then they went in and had several lingering kisses on the lips in very short succession. Me and my DH were nearly exploding, I'm sure it made other people squirm as much as it did us! It was very out of place and not very authentic and of the time I feel sure. It was a bit YUK really. I suppose they could be a couple in RL...? But really, it was all a bit "get a room".

Wot, in front of kids?

Yep - there was quite a crowd gathered.

FGS they were acting a marriage - they were hardly snogging at a funeral which would be "very out of place"

Genevieve - it's theatre! fgs

I'm a total freak in that I can't BEAR to see passionate kissing on telly - e.g. a close up of "tongues in" - makes me want to hurl.

So I would probably drop dead of shock if I saw it in the flesh in a re-enactment.

YANBU.

i dunno

they did actually kiss and stuff in those days as well. believe it or not.

there's this thing.....its called.....acting

did they laugh afterwards?

Genevieve - don't listen to all these other people who mock you. They are perverts.

poor Katherine ? I wouldn't have wanted a snog with Henry VIII at that stage of his life. He wasn't at his best. Suppurating ulcers were the least of it...

At least she outlived him but the poor lady was done wrong by her next man (Tom Seymour) and, IIRC, then died in childbirth or during pregnancy?

Think Anne of Cleves got the best deal.

IWYO -

They didn't show the beheadings did they?

Please don't think I was genuinely affronted by it cos I wasn't, jist a bit taken aback. I just thought it was a bit OTT seeing as it was only play acting and the kisses on the hand were fine and well in keeping with it all and probably as much as the public at the time would have got to see - if that!!

We were standing quite close to them and FFS at one point you could see a bit of spit pass between them! It was all a bit - no that's totally spoiled it.

Bleurgh. Public shows of affection are bad enough, but ROYAL ones are just wrong.

I thought it was all good - but then I was stodd at the back out of the way - thought it was bad he wasn't paying his bills etc and probably putting people out of business - that worse than spit - close your eyes if your not wanting to watch soemthing

GH - yuk!

Still, it must have been brilliant theatre.

Did they chop the wives' heads off too?

(just joking obv).

What did dcs say. I bet they were disgusted lol.

ivykaty?? henry VIII not paying his bills, is that right>?

Probably from what I recall of Tudor history. His Dad was very careful with money and built up the Treasury reserves, Henry pissed it all away.

You are panicking about a few kisses. You should have been at Macbeth at the Globe. There was a simulated sex scene between Macbeth and Lady M, you should have seen the faces of the teenage school parties!

It was a major motivator in the destruction of the monasteries and churches - because they were all loaded. And he needed more money for his wild parties and swan pies.

A friend went to a play (cannot remember what it was, Antony & Cleopatra iirc) where some bloke simulated cunnilingus on Frances de la Tour.

Rising Damp indeed.

OP would have had an aneurism.

edam agree anne of cleves had best deal as 'king's sister'. outlived them all iirc

and her lovely portrait is in dusty corner of the louvre

Yes, shocking. To be truly authentic they should have got into bed in front of you all and had verifiable consummation.

(Though one sincerely hopes, for Katherine's sake, that Henry didn't manage it).

It used to be traditional for everyone to give the bride a good-luck kiss, not just the groom.