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

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A watercolour version of a mural showing Henry VIII (front left) with his father, Henry VII, his wife Jane Seymour (front right) and his mother, Elizabeth of York. The mural, which aimed to validate Henry's right to the throne, adorned Whitehall Palace before being destroyed by fire. (Photo by Bridgeman Royal Collection)

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Painting of Martin Luther translating the New Testament into German vernacular in 1521 (Photo by Fine Art Photographic Library/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Top, left to right: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour. Bottom, left to right: Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Katherine Parr.

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An engraving of Margaret Tudor

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Half-sisters and daughters of Henry VIII: Mary Tudor (left) and Elizabeth I, who both reigned as queen of England. (Photos by Getty Images)

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Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII

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The arrival of Sir Walter Raleigh in Virginia

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A portrait of Thomas Cromwell.

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Portrait of Catherine Howard

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York Minster's rose window features 16th-century Tudor Roses white on red (left) and Lancastrian Roses, red

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The ship ‘Jesus of Lübeck’ was used in John Hawkins’ infamous early slaving voyages, some of which were sponsored by Elizabeth I. (Image by Alamy)

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Elizabeth I arrives in Tilbury

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The bikini was showcased to the world for the first time in July 1946. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France meet (in marquee, top) at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, June 1520. “For all their expressions of friendship,” writes Glenn Richardson, “the two kings spent most of the summit attempting to outshine one another”. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Anne Boleyn (left) and her daughter, Elizabeth I. (Photos by Getty Images)

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Scene from the the Westminster Tournament Roll, commissioned by Henry VIII to document the lavish jousting tournament held to celebrate the birth of his son with Catherine of Aragon

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Amy Robsart and the Earl of Leicester

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Portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532–88) an English nobleman. Dated 16th century. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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A portrait of Henry VIII

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English admiral Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596), circa 1585. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Francis Drake portrait

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Henry VIII and Francis I meet at the Field of Cloth of Gold, 7 June 1520. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms, 1521. This was an assembly of the Holy Roman Empire called by King Charles V in Heylshof Garden, Worms, to address Martin Luther and the effects of the Protestant Reformation. (Photo by The Print Collector via Getty Images)

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