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The birth of the prettiest princess in Europe; Mary Tudor

A laundress lucky enough to sleep with the King - Joanna Joanna ‘Joan’ Dingley (Dobson)

Birth of Queen Mary I; her early life and health

The holiday of love; the history behind Valentine’s Day, a perfect day for lovers of love

The last white rose: Elizabeth of York, a fair, ‘humble and reverent’ Queen

Mary Berkeley; mother to two of the King’s illegitimate sons?

The Birth of the first Tudor King; Henry VII

The scandalous Boleyn sisters; Mary (the girl beneath two Kings) and Anne (the future Queen)

Did the Tudors value the New Year as much as modern people do today?

Catherine of Aragon – Doomed to a marriage full of infidelity and misery

The birth of Christ / Christmas; how did the Tudors celebrate this world-renown holiday?

The strong-willed mother / daughter relationship between Isabella and Catherine

Elizabeth Amadas; noble lady turned social disgrace?

Henry VIII's alleged peasant mistress; Agnes Blewitt

The birth of Spain’s ‘driven to insanity’ Queen; Juana of Castile

All Hallows Eve / Halloween; the history behind one of our favourite times of the year

Another alleged mistress of Henry VIII; Jane Pollard whose son claimed to be the King's bastard

Nameless Mistress Parker; one of Henry’s mystery lovers?

Elizabeth Carew; the wife of a dear friend turned royal mistress?