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 ...

Sometimes just one person changes things, like Henry VIII. When Henry was 18, he became King of England. He loved music, dancing and playing sports, like jousting and archery. But he got angry if ...

For Damian Lewis, just standing for two weddings of King Henry VIII in "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" was a daylong royal marathon. The English monarch is remembered for having six wives ...

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Secondary laws can sometimes be extra sneaky in that they can be used by the government to edit primary laws. The power to make these is given by Henry VIII clauses. They are named after the ...

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 ...

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 ...

eldest son of Henry VIII and his queen Katherine of Aragon was buried in Westminster Abbey, on the north side of the Sanctuary area near the entrance to the chapel of St Edward the Confessor. At his ...