Even the Royals: The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Catherine of Aragon Part II | 236

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In part one, Catherine’s once ideal marriage to Henry VIII started to sour when she didn't provide a son to inherit the throne. And now that he has a younger girlfriend, Henry is ready to do whatever it takes to replace and erase Catherine – and make Anne his new queen. But two decades on the throne have turned Catherine into a formidable opponent. And she’s determined to hold on to her crown – no matter how ugly the fight gets.

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0:00.0	Wundry Plus subscribers can
0:01.8	convince the newest season of Even the Rich before anyone else.
0:04.4	Join Wundary Plus in the Wundery App or on Apple Podcasts.
0:08.0	A quick note about our show.
0:09.6	We do a lot of research for our stories,
0:12.0	but we also aren't your boring high school history
0:14.2	class, so some details and scenes are dramatized.
0:17.5	And a royal heads up, today's episode contains language that would downright scandalize
0:22.1	polite society.
0:23.8	Please be advised.
0:25.1	It's June of 1525 in the court of Catherine of Aragon and Henry the 8th.
0:36.6	Catherine is in the massive great hall of a royal palace in the heart of London.
0:40.9	She's laughing and clapping along as her ladies and other nobles dance to the court musicians.
0:46.0	Catherine welcomes these little bursts of fun, anything to distract her from worries.
0:51.0	She and Henry have been married for 16 years now and what
0:55.2	started out as a loving playful marriage has soured over the last few years,
0:59.8	mainly because Catherine has given birth to six children, but only one has survived.
1:06.1	Her nine-year-old daughter, Mary, which talk about traumatic.
1:09.5	Oh my God, I know.
1:10.9	That actually would put a damper on any relationship.
1:13.6	Yeah yeah and especially back then when nobody knew anything.
1:17.4	And here's the thing like Catherine is a kick-ass queen.
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