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Charlotte Hope on the very modern struggles of 16th century queen Catherine of Aragon in The Spanish Princess Part Two – Nine

How the show is broadening our understanding of her history.

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Catherine of Aragon’s reign as Queen of England may have ended in 1533 when King Henry VIII divorced her, but the challenges she faced as a woman feel very much like a story for our times.
Balancing career and motherhood, dealing with miscarriage and the deaths of several babies, and doing it all while trying to maintain a marriage, are all 21st century struggles. And yet, they are the very things Catherine faces in Part Two of The Spanish Princess, a TV adaptation of the novels The Constant Pr…

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