[0:02]Divorced, beheaded and died. Divorced, beheaded, survived. I'm Henry the Eighth, I had six sorry wives. Some might say I ruined their lives.
[0:17]Catherine of Aragon was one. She failed to give me a son. I had to ask her for a divorce. That broke her poor heart of course. Young Anne Boleyn she was two. Had a daughter, the best she could do. I said she flirted with some other man, and off for the chop went dear Anne. Lovely Jane Seymour was three. The love of a lifetime for me. She gave me a son, little Prince Ed. Then poor old Jane went and dropped dead. Divorced, beheaded and died. Divorced, beheaded, survived. I'm Henry the Eighth, I had six sorry wives. Some might say I ruined their lives.
[1:02]Anne of Cleves came at four. I fell for the portrait I saw. Then laid eyes on her face and cried, "She's a horse! I must have another divorce." Catherine Howard was five. A child of nineteen, so alive. She flirted with others, no way to behave. The axe sent young Cath to her grave.
[1:24]Catherine Parr she was last. By then all my best days were past. I lay on my death bed, aged just fifty-five. Lucky Catherine the last stayed alive. I mean how unfair! Divorced, beheaded and died. Divorced, beheaded, survived. I'm Henry the Eighth, I had six sorry wives. You could say I ruined their lives.
[1:56]Horrible Histories.
