 |
 |
 |
 |
"He lay with me naked, and used me in such sort as a man doth his wife, many and sundry time..."
The king called Catherine his "blushing rose without a thorn."
|
 |
 |
| Above: Michelle Abrahams
as Catherine Howard |
|
 |
 |
|
Cheerful, light-hearted and gay, Catherine made the aging and ailing king feel young again. But empty-headed Catherine, ignorant of the ways of the court, continued to have love affairs that eventually broke Henry's heart and led to her downfall.
Catherine's background 
|
|
 |
| Lower Left: Catherine by Holbein the Younger |
|
 |
 |
