Tonight, on The History Network...

2024 marks 490 years since King Henry VIII broke ties with Rome and declared himself head of the Church of England, allegedly to legitimize his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, one of the millennium's biggest events. Or so we thought. Now, a new-age religion and DNA analysis challenge long-held assumptions, and may just rewrite the story of Henry VIII forever.

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