Final Days of Henry VIII

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

Myths, Folklore, Mystery, History, Ghosts, Society & Culture, Murder, Ufos, True Crime, Paranormal, Supernatural, Serial Killers

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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You could smell Henry VIII's rotting legs from three rooms by the end. He was in constant pain, barely able to move. Yet he never loosed his grip on the lives of everyone around him. Could he squeeze in one last wife? One final execution? How did the bloodiest monarch in English history bow out? Anthony Delaney tells Maddy Pelling the story this week.

Edited by Tomos Delargy, produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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1:08.5	Winter 1546.
1:10.4	Hampton Court Palace.
1:12.3	The palace lies silent,
1:17.3	save for the faint echo of footsteps on cold, polished stone.
1:21.9	The tapestries hang heavy, their vibrant colours muted by time.
1:25.4	Once the very image of Renaissance splendor,
1:29.0	the palace gives the impression of age, alongside its master. Henry VIII sits slumped in his throne-like chair, no longer the robust warrior
1:35.9	prince of his youth. His face is bloated, his once bright eyes dimmed. The king's body
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