You can't go wrong with this - sensible Dickensian history teacher type David Starkey tells the intimate story of Henry's social-climbing ... were such that the King risked his place in heaven ...

With around 63 monarchs spanning over 1,200 years, the UK have been sharing their thoughts on their favourite of the historic ...

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 ...

It was hazardous being married to King Henry VIII, who ruled England from 1509 to 1547. Of Henry's six wives, two were divorced, one died, and two were beheaded. Only the sixth survived him.

New research suggests both women owned a copy of the same Book of Hours, a popular scriptural prayerbook Two prayer books belonging to two of Henry VIII's wives ... love rivals. King Henry VIII ...

From tumultuous love affairs to violent betrayals, the six wives of Henry VIII all left marks on the Tudor dynasty – and shaped the course of history. READ MORE about these women here ...

Henry VIII was a Tudor king who ruled England from 1509 - 1547. He is remembered for his six wives and his cruelty ... having been declared a traitor. The list of charges brought against Cromwell ...

She was, remember, a devout Catholic and Henry had just been excommunicated in order to marry the woman he had just had killed. Still, she's not as interesting as Boleyn as she has to share this ...

Each play is a lavish dramatization of the trials and tribulations surrounding Henry and his wives. Keith Michell ties the episodes together with his dignified and magnetic performance as the ...

King Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. He is best known for having six wives, whom he either divorced, had beheaded or died - except for Catherine Parr who survived ...