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Ethelreda Malte: The Daughter Henry VIII Paid His Tailor to Claim
Henry VIII paid his tailor to claim his daughter. The tailor put it in his will... Ethelreda Malte was born around 1535, the daughter of John Malte, Henry VIII's personal tailor, a man whose work required him to stand in closer physical proximity to the king than almost anyone else at court. He measured him. He fitted him. He stood in silence while Henry VIII decided what kind of king he wanted to look like that day.