We followed the Royal Agenda (basically, caught all the appearances of the royal court) that day, and I had a great time watching the day's story unfold. I got a number of good pictures of the Human Chess Match (Princess Mary versus Princess Elizabeth), and enjoyed the double entendres in the dialogue (Princess Mary's advisor: "Perhaps you should rely on the clergy." Princess Mary: "I always do." :)
We also got to see The Interpreters - a singing/comedy act. Great fun, especially for a great deal of more double-enterdre lines. *giggles* They sang quite nicely, too.
We saw "The Tudor Top Five" (top five diseases, that is). The midwife and simplest (i.e., dispenser of herbal medicines - or "simples," hence the name) of the village gave a presentation about the top five diseases of Tudor times and how they were treated.
I *did* pick up another lightweight Faire skirt, as well as a tunic like
That evening, we returned to
Monday morning, we bid goodbye to