Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty

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The Tudor monarchs were constantly surrounded by an army of attendants, courtiers and ministers. Even in most private moments, they were accompanied by a servant appointed for the task. A groom of the stool would stand patiently by as Henry VIII performed his daily purges, and when Elizabeth I retired for the evening, a female servants would sleep at the end of he bed.