Lucy recounts the joyful union of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Though Catherine proved a skilled and devoted queen, her inability to provide him with a male heir led Henry to become captivated by Anne Boleyn.

With his decision to separate from Rome in order to wed Anne, Henry began a course that would see him weary of her affections and drawn instead to Jane Seymour. Anne’s destiny was tragically fixed: she met her end by execution, and Henry sw…

Lucy now introduces the final three queens: Anne of Cleves, famously deemed unattractive; the youthful Catherine Howard, whose story reveals a deeply troubling and formative experience with abuse; and lastly, Katherine Parr, a woman who pro…