The Real Story Behind 'Firebrand' and Henry VIII's Tumultuous Relationship With His Sixth Wife, Catherine Parr

Meilan Solly Associate Editor, History Catherine Parr is immortalized in history as the one who survived, the lucky last of Henry VIII’s six wives. But the Tudor queen came close to meeting a grisly fate, much like Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard, both of whom were beheaded on the English king’s orders. By 1546, the ailing, corpulent and increasingly paranoid Henry had grown disillusioned with Catherine. Though…