recliner, do you think he mighta been a little “easier” on his subjects? Before you tear me down, just give … it … some… thought, okay?
What if all the great kings had a chance to “kick back”? Don’t you think they would have been a litttle more lenient?
Okay. Substitute something else for the damn remote! 
Quasi
Vlad “pointy sticks” Tepes would’ve been a lot more fun if he’d learned the true meaning of the words, “It’s Miller time”. Recliner optional.
This reminds me of one of my all-time favourite Onion sub-heads:
How different would the latter half of the twentieth century have been if Joseph Stalin had a BoogieBoard?
Remember Ceaucescu (spelled incorrectly, sorry) of Romania? He had all of the modern amenities, and Nadia Comaneci as a love-slave to boot, and he was still a scuz who killed people left, right and centre.
… Louis XVI would have dozed right through the revolution, drooling and snoring and dribbling half-chewed Tostitos, while Marie Antoinette rejoiced at her rare opportunity to grab the remote so she could watch the Reign of Terror as done by CNN.
(Well, in direct response to the OP, I’d have to say that if Henry VIII had owned a La-Z-Boy recliner, he’d have been so happy and comfortable that he would have never wanted a divorce, and I would subsequently been Roman Catholic, I guess! :D)
Like I always say, you can’t go wrong with a Flash movie about Journey.
Catherine Howard, 5th wife of Henry VIII, facing execution: “I die a Queen, but I would rather die the wife of Culpeper.”
Cheers,
Richard “Muffin” Culpeper
(Hey, this means I have a character witness for my dating CV!)