became King Henry VIII. Soon after he obtained the papal dispensation required to allow him to marry his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon. In the first years of his reign Henry VIII ...
HENRY VIII: Ah ha! Yes! Go on, big me up! NARRATOR: Perhaps the most famous king in English history. He ruled England for 38 years from 1509 to 1547. Time enough for six marriages and one major ...
From tumultuous love affairs to violent betrayals, the six wives of Henry VIII all left marks on the Tudor dynasty – and shaped the course of history. READ MORE about these women here ...
The Tudor expert is the new chief historian at the Historic Royal Palaces, and the BBC spent the day with her at the home of ...
The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon took place on Sunday 24th June 1509. The ceremony is illustrated in the mortuary roll of Abbot Islip dated 1532 in the Abbey's archives. The day ...
Image: Annette Crosbie as Catherine of Aragon, Dorothy Tutin as Anne Boleyn Keith Michell as Henry VIII and Anne Stallybrass as Jane Seymour in a scene from the series The Six Wives Of Henry VIII.