This book provides a fresh perspective on the lives of Henry VIII’s six wives by embarking on a journey through the manors, castles and palaces in which their lives were played out. This journey traces their steps to the Alhambra in Spain, childhood home of Katherine of Aragon; to the very room at Acton Court [read more]
I was recently given the opportunity to watch the short film “I Am Henry”, created by Flying Dutchman Films. The 24-minute film features Henry VIII in a sort of limbo being confronted by both Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon. He insists he regrets nothing, but he appears to break by the end of the [read more]
In April 1534, Catherine of Aragon was in exile at The More and Mary was in the service of her newborn half-sister Elizabeth. She was increasingly put under pressure to take the oath to the Act of Succession, recognising that her parents’ marriage was invalid and that she herself was illegitimate. Catherine feared for her [read more]
Mary was the child who survived. After a difficult labour, Catherine of Aragon had given birth to a healthy daughter in the early morning of 18 February 1516 at the Palace of Placentia. Just a few days earlier news had arrived in London about Catherine’s father’s death, which had been deliberately kept from her. Her [read more]
Isabella was not born to be a Queen. She was born on 22 April 1451 as the daughter of John II, King of Castile and his second wife Isabella of Portugal. She had an older half-brother from her father’s first marriage to Maria of Aragon, the future Henry IV of Castile. A younger brother, Alfonso, was [read more]
Catherine of Aragon was born on 16 December 1485 as the daughter of Isabel of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. She was their youngest and last child. She was considered as a bride for Arthur, Prince of Wales from an early age and the two were wed on 14 November 1501. They were at [read more]
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