why it sucked to be royalty

Your bathroom smelled like shit (no running water). If you got cold, you might up and die (James V). You barely ever took baths because water was thought to be unhealthy. King Charles took one every 6 months; James V reportedly never had one. You hardly ever went swimming; certainly not if you were a lady. You got imprisoned and executed if you had the wrong religion (Mary, Queen of Scots, to name just one). You couldn't drink plain water (too unhealthy), so you had to drink beer. Okay, maybe that's a bonus.