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Henry VIII

HENRY VIII AND HIS SIX WIVES

@Henry_8

Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) #nowplaying
01.01pm, July 12, 1508

@Henry_8

@ThePope Dude, I’ll give you a shout-out if you let me divorce   
@CathyAragon 
10.12am, November 2, 1530

@ThePope

@Henry_8 No deal. 
10.59am, November 2, 1530

@Henry_8

@ThePope You swine – I’ve done it anyway! 
10.59am, May 23, 1533

@ThePope

@Henry_8 *Unfollowed and Blocked* 
11.03am, May 23, 1533

@Henry_8

People have been Tweeting me suggesting I could try and stick with one 
wife. Lol, it’s political correctness gone mad! 
10.23am, June 21, 1533

Henry VIII had six wives. Desperate to produce a male heir, he pleaded with the Pope to grant a divorce from his first wife, Catherine Aragon, but the Pope refused. When Henry divorced her anyway, the Pope excommunicated him.