On this day in Tudor history, 12th July 1543, Henry VIII got married for the sixth and final time.
The fifty-two-year-old king married thirty-one-year-old Catherine Parr, Lady Latimer, in the Queen's Closet of the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace.
In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", gives a contemporary account of the wedding service, as well as telling us about who attended the ceremony.
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10 July - Elizabeth I checks her money
9 July - Elizabeth I visits Robert Dudley's castle
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7 July - Mary hears news of Edward VI's death
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27 June - A farming bishop who was sadly betrayed
26 June - The cost of serving a king
25 June - Catherine of Aragon and Prince Henry are betrothed
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