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Royalists will enjoy this piece in today's Daily Telegraph, on Sudeley Castle, the final resting place of Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's final wife, the one who (quick now; divorced, beheaded, died ...
From William Shakespeare's 'cursed' tomb to Henry VIII's underground vault: The most visited grave sites in Britain revealed. The remains of Richard III were laid to rest at Leicester Cathedral ...
"Wolf Hall," Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker-prize-winning novel, vividly portrays the era of England's King Henry VIII, when power-hungry courtiers prowled the court, and death — by disease or ...
His grave was lost when Reading Abbey was destroyed during the reign of Henry VIII. The remains of the last abbot of Reading Abbey, Hugh (Cook) Faringdon, have also been lost.
Find out about Henry VIII with BBC Bitesize History. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.