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The gorgeous painting of mysterious long-gone Surrey palace which was Henry VIII's 'favourite'
As part of these works, the palace was moated, and a barrel vault, King's hall and gardens were created on the site. Being as that Woking Palace was seemingly special to his father, Henry VIII is ...
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Henry VIII
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 ...
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Interview: Damian Lewis on Playing Henry VIII
Damian Lewis on the embodiment of majesty, the heft of the fat suit, and the complicated king of The Mirror and the Light as ...
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The Real Story Behind ‘Wolf Hall’ and the Fall of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s Most Controversial Adviser
History The final years of Henry VIII’s reign were a dark period for Tudor England: a time when a queen could be beheaded on trumped-up charges of treason, and a longtime friend of the king ...
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Henry VIII
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 ...