Meeting of the Minds: Henry VIII Part 2

Many of the things that Henry VIII did in his lifetime sound like a cliche, fairytale, spoiled rotten prince. It probably wasn't complete his fault that he acted like that for most of his life. First of all, he was royal. He was entitled to have nearly everything he could ask for. Second, Henry wasn't raised to be prince, his older brother was. Henry was supposed to go into the clergy, but when his brother Arthur died Henry then got a crash course in being a king instead of the real thing. Third, his father Henry VII was a tightwad, and when Henry VIII inherited the throne he was left with a ton of money that he nearly instantly began to waste. But all of that doesn't excuse all of the ridiculous things he did during his reign (not that he was the first or last ruler to do anything crazy).