The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Catherine of Aragon Part 2 | 29
Even The Royals
Wondery
4.4 • 844 Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In part one, Catherine’s once ideal marriage to Henry VIII started to sour when she didn't provide a son to inherit the throne. And now that he has a younger girlfriend, Henry is ready to do whatever it takes to replace and erase Catherine – and make Anne his new queen. But two decades on the throne have turned Catherine into a formidable opponent. And she’s determined to hold on to her crown – no matter how ugly the fight gets.
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| 0:00.0 | Wonderry Plus subscribers can listen to Even the Royals early and ad-free right now. |
| 0:04.1 | Join Wondery Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:07.6 | A quick note about our show. |
| 0:09.6 | We do a lot of research for our stories, but we also aren't your boring high school history class. |
| 0:14.9 | So some details and scenes are dramatized. |
| 0:17.4 | And a royal heads up, today's episode contains language that would downright scandalize polite society. |
| 0:23.7 | Please be advised. |
| 0:31.1 | It's June of 1525 in the court of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII. |
| 0:36.6 | Catherine is in the massive great hall of a royal palace in the heart of London of Aragon and Henry the Eighth. Catherine is in the massive great hall |
| 0:38.5 | of a royal palace in the heart of London. She's laughing and clapping along as her ladies |
| 0:43.4 | and other nobles dance to the court musicians. Catherine welcomes these little bursts of fun, |
| 0:49.2 | anything to distract her from worries. She and Henry have been married for 16 years now, and what started out |
| 0:55.8 | as a loving, playful marriage has soured over the last few years, mainly because Catherine has given |
| 1:01.8 | birth to six children, but only one has survived. Her nine-year-old daughter, Mary, which talk about |
| 1:08.7 | traumatic. Oh my God, I know. That actually would put a damper on any |
| 1:12.5 | relationship. Yeah, yeah, and especially back then when nobody knew anything. And here's the thing, |
| 1:18.4 | like, Catherine is a kick-ass queen. She defeated the Scots in battle. But apparently, that's |
| 1:24.3 | Didley Squat compared to the much more important and noble duty of pushing out male heirs. |
| 1:29.5 | Now, in theory, Mary, her daughter, could inherit the throne, but England and Henry aren't fully on board with a girl heir. |
| 1:38.2 | I can't imagine why. |
| 1:39.8 | We're too emotional. |
| 1:41.2 | Yeah, especially when we get our period. |
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