Jane Seymour, wife numero 3 of King Henry VIII of England, had a hankering for quails (and vintage postcards ) all through her pregnancy.
Henry had the little birds shipped from Calais.
He ordered, 'fat quails which her Grace loveth very well, and longeth not a little for.'
A large consignment of quail did arrive to Jane's relief! (The image below reads Jane the Quene )
She gorged on them at every meal!
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