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A Windsor property, once the home of an ill-fated wife of Henry VIII, will go up for auction this week. A four-bed, ...
The letter was penned by Catherine of Aragon in 1534 as she desperately tried to cling on to her marriage to King Henry VIII.
Built to impress and terrify, the Tower was first a fortress in the 1070s and then evolved into a prison for enemies of the crown, including Anne Boleyn, the Nine Days' Queen, and Guy Fawkes.
The pastor came to see me there, so excited was he to have a visitor. His English was poor and I knew better than to speak French. I told him I had just read a book about Tyndale and had come from ...
Beyond Europe, Charles oversaw the Spanish conquest of the New World, including the defeat of the Aztec and Inca empires. As the conquistadors imposed themselves, and indigenous populations were ...
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) Various directors helmed this highly acclaimed television series exploring each of King Henry’s wives starring both high-profile and relatively unknown actresses, ...
Anne Boleyn (c.1501/07 – 1536) The second wife of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn was a key player in the English reformation – a series of events that saw the Church of England break away from the Roman ...
Catherine, Princess of Wales visited a wellbeing garden at Colchester Hospital on Wednesday, marking her first public ...
In this video, we explore an abandoned castle in central France, formerly owned by a victim of the Titanic disaster. The ...
A cat named Puss is the Ryedale Folk Museum's treasure. She crashes weddings held at the venue and takes selfies with visitors. Social Security makes major change to payments: What to know ...
Centuries ago, the site was home to St. Leonard's Hospital, a sprawling monastic facility that provided care to sick ...
Need to know: Henry VIII and the English Reformation The infamous Tudor king broke from Rome in 1534, after the Catholic Church refused to grant him an annulment from his first wife, Catherine of ...