[00:09.192]Henry VIII's love of riding bordered on the obsessional.
[00:13.145]Before he became so grossly fat,
[00:15.438]he would ride seven days a week,
[00:17.568]wear out eight horses in a day.
[00:19.837]So he decided to turn the land north of Westminster
[00:22.593]into his own private royal hunting ground.
[00:25.986]What few residents there were,
[00:27.485]he slung them out,
[00:28.893]and then he built a brick wall to keep them out.
[00:39.106]In 1532, Henry VIII drained the land  1532
[00:42.109]where Buckingham Palace now stands
[00:44.423]and created a well-stocked deer park.
[00:50.192]Henry often rode here,
[00:51.762]for hunting, courting and conducting business.