Henry's Influence on Charles's Life

Anne remained a catholic in secret, though. She had protestant chaplains, attended protestant services and so on but attended catholic services in secret. Very controversially, anne would leave her estate to her son rather than to her husband which speaks something of the estrangement between them. When she died, it hit charles very hard indeed, since it was observed that she having always been, to him, a tender and indulgent mother. And charles, of course, would develop a passionate interest in collecting and commissioning works of art, just like mum. None the less, james was a thorough going calvinist by theology. Don't be