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 ...

Wolf Hall continues to explore the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell against the backdrop of his ruler Henry VIII's tumultuous reign and scandalous personal life. The latest episode of the BBC show's ...

King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Their love story is often overshadowed by their plenteous troubles. Catherine’s many ...

In 1540, King Henry VIII changed the law to allow first-cousin marriage so he could wed Catherine Howard. Since then, the practice has been legal in Britain, but a furore broke out this week when ...

Thomas Cromwell’s final six months were a Greek tragedy of hubris and political venom, all presided over by a tyrannical king ...

The smash hit musical SIX is making a stop in D.C. through Dec. 1. This Tony award-winning show turns history on its head as it spotlights the experiences of the wives of Henry VIII in their own words ...

Henry VIII’s Abraham tapestries had to be digitally restored for the filming of the BBC’s Wolf Hall because they were so faded. The “national treasure” tapestries, which hang in Hampton ...

Two years after founding his own bank, local hero Dave Fishwick takes on the predatory payday lenders bringing misery to his ...

Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church, declaring himself supreme head of the Church of England. He expected his nephew, James V of Scotland, to follow suit, but James did not. When Henry ...

The Whitehall Palace fire started on the afternoon of 4 January 1698, when a Dutch maidservant was drying linen sheets on a charcoal brazier in a bed chamber at Whitehall Palace.

Anne of Cleves was Queen of England and Henry VIII's fourth wife for just over six months. Disregarded by some historians as the 'ugly one' and the subject of a much-discussed portrait by renowned ...