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Wolf Hall's latest episode introduced us to King Henry VIII's fourth bride, Anne of Cleves, who was married to the monarch for just six months before he decided to annul the union. At the time ...
Henry VIII's future wife Anne of Cleves came from stubborn stock. Her father John, Duke of Cleves, was one of the bad boys of the Protestant Revolution, and openly ticked off the Pope and other ...
Of the unfortunate bunch, none has been given less respect than fourth wife Anne of Cleves, whose brief marriage to the monstrous monarch is often boiled down to "she was too ugly for him".
Wolf Hall season two episode five saw Thomas Cromwell's son Gregory return from Henry's new wife, Anne of Cleves, with an excruciating tale of how the King met his fourth bride for the first time ...
The latest episode of the BBC show's second series, which adapts Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light, examined the king's short-lived marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. The story relays ...
'I went viral on TikTok for slating Henry VIII - now I have a book deal, but Dad still hates me swearing' ...
The latest episode of the BBC show's second series, which adapts Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light, examined the king's short-lived marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. The story ...