24. Seymour Began Molesting Princess Elizabeth Soon As He Moved In
Katherine Parr had been in love with Thomas Seymour since before her marriage to Henry VIII. However, whatever affections he might have felt for her years earlier, he probably married Parr only as a means of getting closer to her stepdaughter, princess Elizabeth, who lived in the dowager queen’s house. Elizabeth was a potential route to power, and perhaps to the crown itself, so Thomas was determined to secure her, and decided that the best way to do that was to seduce the 13 year old princess. He got started on that before he had finished unpacking.