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Divorced, Beheaded, Survived - Worsley presents the last three wives: Anne of Cleves, called “ugly”; young Catherine Howard, whose tragic childhood was abusive; and finally, the far from saintly nurse, Katherine Parr.

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Divorced, Beheaded, Survived

Learn new stories of Henry’s last three wives.

Beheaded, Died

Watch as two queens, Catherine of Aragon, then Anne Boleyn, fall from power.

Divorced

Witness Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

About Secrets of the Six Wives

Travel with historian Lucy Worsley back to the Tudor court to witness some of the most dramatic moments in the lives of Henry VIII's six wives, each of whom found a method of exerting influence. The show combines drama with historical comment.

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