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When Anne Boleyn was arrested on 2nd May and taken to the Tower of London, this was the beginning of a carefully orchestrated scheme to bring down the Queen of England. Everything done was in careful balance of public and private. In this discussion I give extra insight into why Anne was not taken in through traitors' gate and why she had a private execution, and why both of these things were done for reasons which suited Henry VIII!
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Links to other videos you may enjoy: Anne Boleyn & Catherine Howard: The Executed Cousins with Gareth Russell
The Downfall of Anne Boleyn Series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLupSRT2NxLH4_y4OgUlXSzcVcEX-mtKEK
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This week:
Dressing up at Sudeley Castle • Shakespeare and Stratford • My visit to Rowden Abbey
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This year Churchill War Room celebrates 40 years of being open to the public as part of Imperial War Museums. At this must-see historic site, visitors can walk in the footsteps of Winston Churchill and glimpse what life would have been like during the tense days and nights of the Second World War. With the launch of the new multi-media guide later this year, visitors will be able to see and hear the incredible stories of the men and women who worked down in this secret underground bunker.
In this interview with the museum's curator, Kate Clements, takes us into the war period, what work was done here, what were conditions like and how much of what we can see today is as it was when the rooms were closed for the final time.
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In this episode I’m covering the spares whose lines leapfrogged into the direct line due to the unexpected death of their elder sibling. I’ll be discussing Empress Matilda and King Stephen, Richard the Lionheart, Henry VIII, Charles I, George V, who became heirs on the deaths of William Aethling, Henry the Young King, Arthur Tudor Prince of Wales, Henry Frederick Prince of Wales, and Prince Albert Victor, respectively. 
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Links to other videos you may enjoy:
Prince Arthur - https://youtube.com/live/dqXXpxdqslg?feature=share
King Henry IX? - https://youtube.com/live/L0hWlVdkaFc
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Prince Arthur, prince of Wales and heir to Henry VII's throne, died on 2nd April 1502. In this Tea Time History Chat Live we are going to do a virtual visit to his final resting places; Tickenhill Palace/Manor, Bewdley and Worcester Cathedral.
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Dissolution of the Monasteries Series with Prof James Clark - Episode 1 -
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Join me for a relaxed history chat with the main theme of this week being a look at the badges and mottoes of the queens of Henry VIII.


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