Historical Inaccuracies - 'The Tudors', Series 1, Episode 2

• Henry arrives at the Field of the Cloth of Gold with a small retinue. In reality, both he and Francis arrived with hundreds of people and it was feared there would be a battle.
• This is going to be a running theme of annoyance, but the clothes are very innacurate throughout all series of this programme. For example, Francis is shown wearing ermine, as he would, but Henry is shown in very 'relaxed' clothes. In reality, Henry would have 'dressed up' and worn fur also, as only royalty were allowed to wear ermine. 
• Little Princess Mary meets the Dauphin. In fact, her comment about wanting to kiss him took place at a 'proxy' wedding in London, when she asked the French representative if he was the Dauphin. She did not actually go to the summit.
• When Francis presents Henry with the jewelled necklace, the camera pans to show a black gentleman in the audience. Sadly, he would not have been there, as black people were thought of as infidels and inferior, and there were very very few of them in England or France at the time. 
• Mary Boleyn is shown wearing purple. In fact, only royalty were allowed to wear purple.
• In the series, the Field of Cloth of Gold is set whilst Henry's mistress, Bessie Blount, is pregnant with his child. In real life, she gave birth to his son in 1519, a year before the summit.
• Buckingham is shown taking pledges of allegiance from nobles. His conspiracy was actually stopped before it got that far.
• The Duke of Norfolk is shown giving Henry a new year's gift. There is a little confusion because the series keeps the same actor for this role throughout, when in fact one Duke of Norfolk died in 1524, and his son succeeded him. 
• The Duke of Norfolk says his father was executed by Henry VII. This is not true. The 1st Howard Duke died at the Battle of Bosworth fighting for Richard III. The 2nd died in 1524, and the third lived until the 1550s. 
• Buckingham's trial is depicted as taking place in the hall of the palace, when it would have actually taken place somewhere else, most likely in the Tower of London or at Westminster.
• St. Peter's Bascilica, in the Vatican, is shown, when it was not built until much later.
• Thomas Boleyn and his daughter, Anne, are shown talking in the courtyard of somewhere that looks like a prison, and I think this set is actually re-used for the Tower of London when Anne finds herself there in 1536.