The two young people barely begin to get aquainted before Arthur gets dreadfully sick, and suddenly Catherine finds herself a widow with an uncertain future in a foreign land. She and Arthur go to live in Wales, in a remote and wild part of the country. The young Spanish princess and Henry soon become firm friends, enjoying each other's company.Īfter the marriage ceremony Catherine's life changes dramatically. Henry is robust, lively, very clever, and friendly towards his new prospective sister-in-law. His younger brother Henry is quite the opposite. Prince Arthur is a rather strange, quiet young man, pale and slightly sickly looking. His wife Elizabeth does her best to make Catherine feel welcome. The king is a difficult man, hard to read and hard to please. On arrival in England, after a dreadful journey, Catherine begins the process of getting to know her new family.
She will have to get by with French and Latin until she learns some of the language of the very foreign English people who will soon be her people. She wonders how she will make herself understood as she knows no English. Catherine has never left Spain before, and she has never met her future husband. And yet she cannot help being fearful, not knowing what to expect. She knows that it is the wish of her parents that she do so. She knows that it is her duty to marry Prince Arthur, the son of the King Henry VII of England. Princess Catherine is leaving her home and the only life she has ever known, to go to England.
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