“[Prince Henry] is a kingdom united, in flesh and blood, the first British prince.” … I think his father might disagree with you.
To be fair, I can see what they mean, here. Of course, like many British princes before and since Henry was half foreign, his parents had a somewhat peculiar relationship and there were a lot more than two people in *that* marriage, but in terms of being a symbol of something other than himself there was a massive cult around Prince Henry, such that when he died court music went completely bonkers and that's why there are so many early 17th C choral settings of David's lament over Absalom*.
*Yes, I know; one can only think the masters of the Royal Music hoped none of the audiences actually read the Bible, otherwise it wouldn't have done Elizabeth of Bohemia's reputation any good at all.
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… I think his father might disagree with you.
To be fair, I can see what they mean, here. Of course, like many British princes before and since Henry was half foreign, his parents had a somewhat peculiar relationship and there were a lot more than two people in *that* marriage, but in terms of being a symbol of something other than himself there was a massive cult around Prince Henry, such that when he died court music went completely bonkers and that's why there are so many early 17th C choral settings of David's lament over Absalom*.
*Yes, I know; one can only think the masters of the Royal Music hoped none of the audiences actually read the Bible, otherwise it wouldn't have done Elizabeth of Bohemia's reputation any good at all.