Charles, Pope Leo and King Henry VIII
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With King Charles III's visit to Pope Leo XIV at the Apostolic Palace, the ghost of Henry VIII has once again materialized, bringing to light the historical weight of the excommunication
King Charles has become the first English monarch to publicly pray with a Catholic pontiff in 500 years during an historic visit to the Vatican.
A love locket presented by Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is at risk of being lost from public view unless £3.5m can be raised to secure it for the nation, the British Museum has warned.
The British Museum launched a fundraising campaign to keep a dazzling Tudor treasure linked to Henry VIII in public hands.
Agecroft Hall, near Manchester, didn't meet the same miserable end as some of Britain's other country homes. Instead, it was shipped to the USA and repurposed as a museum.