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Henry VIII's love of riding bordered on the obsessional.

Before he became so grossly fat,

he would ride seven days a week,

wear out eight horses in a day.

So he decided to turn the land north of Westminster

into his own private royal hunting ground.

What few residents there were,

he slung them out,

and then he built a brick wall to keep them out.

In 1532, Henry VIII drained the land 1532

where Buckingham Palace now stands

and created a well-stocked deer park.

Henry often rode here,

for hunting, courting and conducting business.