New Exhibition sheds light on Henry VIII’s wives, starting with the King himself

An exhibition about six women opens with a portrait of a man, reminding us of the overbearing thread linking the women — King Henry VIII and his wives.
The wives, critical to the story of the King and the reformation in England, are often relegated to bit parts in the narrative, but without them, England’s fortunes would have been very different. There might not have been a break with Rome, Spanish Armarda, or union with Scotland.
To try to rebalance the scales a bit, the National Po