History and stories
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Sophia Duleep Singh
The Indian Princess who fought for women’s rights
Anne of Cleves
‘I like her not.’ The wife rejected by Henry VIII
Catherine Howard
A young woman whose marriage to Henry VIII would end in tragedy
The Field of Cloth of Gold
Henry VIII's historic meeting with his great rival François I in 1520 was a defining point in his reign
Elizabeth I
Was Elizabeth’s 44-year reign really a ‘golden era’ of English history?
Katherine Parr
Henry VIII's last queen: wife, nurse and loving stepmother
Henry VIII's children
All three ruled England
Life at the Tudor court
In the Tudor period, a monarch’s home was centre of the nation
Jane Seymour
Henry VIII's third and favourite wife