In 1540, King Henry VIII changed the law to allow first-cousin marriage so he could wed Catherine Howard. Since then, the practice has been legal in Britain, but a furore broke out this week when ...
We’re all obsessed with Wolf Hall at the moment! The story, which follows King Henry VIII’s court from the perspective of his right hand man, Thomas Cromwell, reaches its conclusion on ...
Wolf Hall's latest episode introduced us to King Henry VIII's fourth bride, Anne of Cleves, who was married to the monarch for just six months before he decided to annul the union. At the time ...
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 ...
Wolf Hall gives viewers a glimpse into the life of one of England's most notorious monarchs, Henry VIII, from Thomas Cromwell's point of view and includes five of his marriages. The Tudor ruler ...
The monarch's second marriage was to Anne Boleyn, who Henry VIII grew fond of while she was a lady-in-waiting to Catherine and whose sister was once his mistress. Anne refused the king's advances ...