Portrait of King Henry VIII, Jane Seymour and Prince Edward. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Thomas Cromwell shown in a c1533 portrait after Hans Holbein the Younger (Photo by Penta Springs Limited/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Mary I. (Getty Images)

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A portrait of King John of England

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Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light

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A portrait of Anne Boleyn

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Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Damien Lewis as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

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Elizabeth I and James VI & I (Photo by Getty Images and Alamy)

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Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.

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An 18th-century depiction of the battle of Bosworth, the 1485 clash that saw Henry VII’s army defeat that of Richard III, allowing the Tudor pretender to claim the throne (Photo by incamerastock/Alamy Stock Photo)

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