Tudor kings and queens

Princess Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour, who may have abused the young princess

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A portrait of Elizabeth of York

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Rafaëlle Cohen as Anne Boleyn in BBC docu-drama The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family

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Philip II, king of Spain from 1556, seated with Queen Mary I of England. They married in 1554

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Colourful illustration of 12 historical figures's heads (Winston Churchill, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Thomas Cromwell, Richard III, Elizabeth I, William Shakespeare, Anne Boleyn, William Marshal, Jane Austen, Hatshepsut, Gandhi and Catherine the Great) shown in a grid pattern.

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

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Portrait of John Dee

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Anne Boleyn, second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII

Anne Boleyn’s youth: how her years on the continent made her a match for Henry VIII

Portraits of Anne, Thomas and Mary Boleyn.

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Sue Pritchard, curator of a new exhibition of royal portraits at the National Maritime Museum, discusses how wigs were used to convey royal power. (Image from Getty Images)

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A portrait of Jane Seymour, queen of England from 1536 to 1537 as the third wife of Henry VIII. Jane is remembered for being the only wife to provide Henry with a son and male heir (the future Edward VI). Jane died on 24 October 1537, most likely from puerperal, or childbed, fever. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

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Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn. (Photo by Parisa Taghizadeh courtesy of Channel 5)

Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn: colour-blind casting and historical accuracy

Anne Boleyn, who was executed by beheading on 19 May 1536 after being found guilty of high treason, was said to have had

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Mary I. (Getty Images)

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Mary Tudor with her five stepmothers

Mary Tudor and her five stepmothers: what was their relationship like?