Henry VIII

Sir Lancelot of the Lake and Queen Guinevere seen embracing by King Arthur in a medieval illustration

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Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon

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Dr Hugh Willmott responds to listener questions on Henry VIII’s suppression of the monasteries in the 16th century. (Image by Getty Images)

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The ruins of the once magnificent Roche Abbey

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Robert Hutchinson on the death of Henry VIII. (Image by Getty Images)

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Painting of the Field of Cloth of Gold (artist unknown) from around 1545

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Katherine Willoughby in an 18th-century engraving after a Hans Holbein the Younger portrait. In 1546 the prospect of her marrying England's ageing King Henry VIII was causing tongues to wag in diplomatic circles. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Anne Boleyn

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A portrait of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife. Henry and Catherine's marriage was a happy one, until their failure to produce a male heir began to cast a long shadow. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Illustration shows James IV ceding his crown following defeat at the battle of Flodden. (Picture by Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)

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Katherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII. National Portrait Gallery, London. (Photo by PHAS/UIG via Getty Images)

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