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Henry VIII’s Kitchens

Preparing up to a thousand meals a day

Anne of Cleves

‘I like her not.’ The wife rejected by Henry VIII

Life at the Tudor Court

In the Tudor period, a monarch’s home was centre of the nation

The story of Hampton Court Palace

Home of Henry VIII and the Tudor Dynasty

Katherine Parr

Henry VIII's last queen: wife, nurse and loving stepmother

Katherine of Aragon

Henry VIII's first wife. She was 23, he was 17

Henry VIII's Children

All three ruled England

Henry VIII

‘Golden prince’ turned bloated bully

Catherine Howard

Henry VIII's fifth wife: young queen beheaded for adultery