July 25 1536
Henry VIII
Henry's son, Henry Fitzroy, had died two days ago. Henry sent for Anne and Mary to let them know of his passing and that he wanted the three of them to go to Hatsfield in the morning. He wanted to be with his children and wanted them all to know how much he truly loved them. He knew he always didn't show it well but each of his children were special to him.
Henry sent word to Charles Brandon that he wanted him to arrange his beloved son's funeral, and to make sure his mother, Lady Blount was in attendance. Henry grieved for the rest of the day with his wife and daughter. Before morning Henry would commission Holbein to travel to Hatfield with the family to paint a portrait of all the royal children.
"Anne, stay with me tonight, sweetheart." Henry called out as she and Mary were leaving for the night.
"Goodnight father, Anne. Sweet Dreams" with that Mary headed back to her apartments.
Charles Brandon
Charles had started the preparations for Henry Fitzroy as soon as he had left the king. He felt it was a daunting affair but finally settled on having young Fitzroy buried at Westminster Abbey in 5 days time. He knew the king could not actually attend but wanted him to be able to be near if he so wished. It was now nearing midnight and Charles could not sleep. He looked over at his wife sleeping soundly and slowly crept out of the bed. In so short of time he had gone from loathing the queen to actually caring about her well being. He couldn't stop thinking about how events unfolded after Katherine's death. Queen Anne lost two powerful male members of her family, but nobody could have known truly how manipulative they truly were until that fateful day. The King now had a legitimate male heir, two beautiful young daughters and the Lady Mary was now back in favor. This year truly was a blessing to the kingdom, and for that he was grateful.
He sat down to read only to fall soundly asleep in the chair. He awoke next morning to see his beautiful Catherine smiling down at him. She leaned down to kiss him good morning. "Did you sleep well my love?"
"Yes, strangely I think I slept better than I have in years." The peace in the realm had finally reached Charles.
Authors Note :
Really short chapter.. just two little tidbits I had for this "day in time". Next will probably be a few months time jump again.
I do have something wonderful planned for the Lady Mary it will just take a few story "years" to get to that point :-) And thank you for the nice reviews, this is my first fan fiction and so many of the scenes pop into my head while I am at work. And yes work is very annoying getting in my way of writing.