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The Six Wives of Henry VIIIBeyond 'Divorced, beheaded, died...'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Six Wives | Podcast series

Six WivesPeeling back the myths

A 19th-century painting shows Henry VIII meeting Anne Boleyn, as ladies-in-waiting and courtiers look on (Photo by Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)

Inside the six wives' bedchamber: the stories of Tudor ladies-in-waiting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Replicas of necklaces belonging to Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife (Photo by Angela-Treasures For A Queen - Etsy)

Queens of bling: the importance of jewellery to Henry VIII's six wives. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry VIII’s six wivesSecrets of the Tudor queens

Peterborough Cathedral

History heritageThe spaces linked to Hanry VIII's wives

Painting of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. Several servants as well as Cardinal Wolsey look on.

From service to survival: what happened to the households of Henry VIII’s six wives?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Top, left to right: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour. Bottom, left to right: Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Katherine Parr.

Henry VIII’s six wives: your guide to the Tudor king's queen consorts

Portrait of Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, 1536. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

Henry VIII's six wives in a different light

Dan Jones and Suzannah Lipscomb on 'Henry VIII And His Six Wives'

Six wives of Henry VIII

The six wives of Henry VIII quiz

Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII

QuizHenry VIII's wives

An illustration of King Henry VIII and his six wives

The hidden lives of Henry VIII's six wives

A young Katherine Parr, by William Henry Mote.

All you need to know about Katherine Parr – the truth about the wife who 'survived'

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Damien Lewis as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

Thomas Cromwell on screen: is Wolf Hall the best depiction of the Tudor statesman?

Portrait of Katherine Parr

Katherine ParrWhy Henry VIII's sixth wife was a true firebrand

A portrait of Anne Boleyn

Why did Henry VIII send Anne Boleyn to the block?

A late 16th century portrait of Anne Boleyn (c.1500-1536)

Q&ADid Anne Boleyn have six fingers on one hand?

Portrait of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII

Anne Boleyn: your guide to the life and death of Henry VIII's second queen – plus 11 little-known facts

Side-by-side portraits of Henry VIII's first two wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon.

Do we have to be ‘Team Catherine’ or ‘Team Anne’ when it comes to Henry VIII’s wives?

Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn) in 'The New Look' and the real Christian Dior.

The real Christian Dior: who was the man behind The New Look, and did he make dresses for Nazi wives?

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MasterclassTudor royal women, with Tracy Borman

Amy James-Kelly as Anne Boleyn (right) in Netflix's Blood, Sex & Royalty.

Anne Boleyn’s voice: lost to the past, or louder than ever?

Portraits of Anne Boleyn and Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

Anne Boleyn and Cardinal Wolsey’s deadly grudge match. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Good King Hal

My life in historyMike Farley, Henry VIII impersonator. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Three of the children of Henry VII: Prince Henry; Arthur Prince of Wales and Princess Margaret

Royal rivalries10 of the most famous sibling relationships. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A third-century monument of a Roman woman having her hair styled by slaves, from Germany. High-status women on the frontiers, including at Hadrian's Wall, tried to follow the latest Roman fashions (Photo by DEA / M. BORCHI / Getty Images)

Roman Britain: what six objects can reveal about life for women at Hadrian’s Wall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From balls to Bridgerton: a brief history of debutantes and the social season