[post_page_title]King Henry VIII’s hot and cold baths[/post_page_title]
Henry VIII wasn’t only conscious of personal hygiene, but was actually something of a clean freak – at least by medieval standards. In fact, Henry installed baths in his many palaces, despite bathing not being a very popular activity among royals.
At Hampton Court, for example, he had a bath heated water pumped from a nearby stove. Later in life, he suffered from chronic leg ulcers, and used a mixture of herbs and civet musk to help. Civet, a cat-like animal, produces musk that smells strongly, so unfortunately Henry did smell… but it wasn’t because he wasn’t clean.
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