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Margaret had been through more abrupt changes of fortune than this, and she adapted quickly. The king and queen were responsible for Mary's humiliation, but Margaret seems to have forgiven them both. She was delighted to be in Anne's circle and Henry, in turn, was delighted with her. At the New Year's celebrations in 1534 she gave him a gift and he called her to him so that he could give her a piece of plate in person. Before long Margaret was a fixture of the court, 'beautiful and highly esteemed.'

Ring, Morgan. 2017. So High a Blood : The Story of Margaret Douglas.

#margaret douglas #morgan ring #i definitely think henry was making a point in having fitzroy and md be such fixtures of his court ......#linda porter argued that anne should have forced (...? how?) her stepdaughter to attend her / live at court #and that his would have made the point she was simply 'sulky and ungracious' (...a weird description from a historian that also insists #mary during this period always had the 'moral high ground' but whatever)#but i think this was probably what henry; conjointly or not with anne; was already doing with these two #altho historians have argued anne didn't appreciate the former (fitzroy)#henry viii #(also. i don't think that her being adaptable necessitates 'she forgave them'#but i like this excerpt insofar as its description of her adaptability)

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