Dissatisfied date (spoof)

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Newsbiscuit carries a variety of spoof / satirical news stories, but this particular one (evidently compiled by a history buff) had me chuckling far more than most...

The supposed dating site advert:

‘Young-at-heart widower seeks like-minded companion of child-bearing age for fun, adventure and to sire a male heir to the throne. GSOH and an intolerance of Catholics an advantage.’

The dissatisfied customer? Miss Katherine Parr, age 31. No prizes for guessing who supposedly posted the ad (with obligatory misleading portrait)...

Oh, and they had received a previous complaint against Henry. ‘We didn’t take it any further as the complainant, Kathryn Howard, never returned our calls. Though bizarrely, she did change her profile picture shortly afterwards to a below-the-shoulders shot.’

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/10/08/henry-viii-may-have-li...