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"Sir, I beseech you for all the love that hath been between us, let me have justice and right . . ."
"Tell the Queen that I do not want any of her good-byes!"
-1531 response to letter from Catherine of Aragon
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| Above: Annabelle Dowler as Catherine of Aragon |
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Catherine of Aragon was a born fighter. She began life on a war campaign against Spain's Moors. She died battling for her rights as queen and those of her daughter, Mary. As Shakespeare would write, she was "the Queen of earthly Queens."
Catherine's background 
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| Lower right: Catherine of Aragon by Michael Sittow |
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