Hello and welcome to the Tudor's Dynasty podcast episode, well, once again, there is not an episode number.

So we'll just call it the mistresses of Henry the 8th.

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All right, let's get going on the topic for this podcast. The Mistresses of Henry the 8th.

When we think of Henry the 8th as a man, the image that generally comes to mind is the overweight and smelly man who is filled with rage, well, at least in his later years.

In today's podcast, we'll be looking back at the younger version of that man who is actually considered attractive.

Back then, Henry was a romantic. If we'd look at Anne Boleyn, who was technically his mistress

because he was still married to Catherine of Errigan while he was pursuing her and trying to get

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