Jun 18, 2024, 11:01 PM
Jun 18, 2024, 11:01 PM

The National Portrait Gallery shows that Henry VIII's wives lost the battle for a legacy

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Six Lives shows that Henry VIII’s wives lost the battle for a legacy - review

The National Gallery’s summer blockbuster-in-waiting has the enticing premise of bringing Henry VIII’s six wives out of his shadow – but 500 years of erasure is a difficult thing to overcome in one exhibition

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Six Lives, National Portrait Gallery: Henry VIII’s queens finally emerge as vigorous, nuanced characters

This exhibition celebrates the long-sidelined spouses and defies their conventional reduction to little more than a memorable rhyme

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