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In January 1511, Queen Catherine of Aragon delivered a healthy son, Henry, Duke of Cornwall.

The bells of London rang for days, bonfires lit up at night, and the court-staged tournaments in the baby's honor.

Unlike in our timeline, the child thrived, and by the mid-15 teens, young Henry was already the center of court life.

Tudors instructed him in Latin, rhetoric, and the chivalric code, while Catherine, his mother, oversaw his moral and religious education.

In 1518, at just seven years old, he was formally invested as the Prince of Wales in a splendid

ceremony at Westminster. His younger sister, Mary, was only a toddler at the time, and she stole the

show with her adorable dancing. All of this pageantry showed that the Tudor dynasty, only 30 years

old, was completely secure.

With the succession settled, Henry VIII had no need to press the Pope for annulments

or worry about rival claimants or anything like that.

Catherine remained his queen, respected both at home and abroad,

and England stood firmly tied to Spain through her Hapsburg bloodline.

Today, my friend, we are looking at an alternate history.

What would have happened if Henry the 8th's young son, Henry Duke of Cornwall,

who lived for only 42 days, actually would have survived?

Let's continue the alternate timeline.

International politics soon reflected this new stability.

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