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The Threatening Letter. Released from the Vatican archives for the first time, this 1530 letter –a 3ft-wide parchment with 81 wax seals attached to red silk ribbons– sent by English noblemen urged Pope Clement VII to annul Henry VIII’s marriage to his first wife Catherine of Aragon so the king could marry Anne Boleyn. The document, signed by MPs and clergy including the Archbishop of Canterbury, alluded to the ‘extreme remedies’ they could pursue if Pope refused their request.

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“But for Wales, Richard?”

 “You’ve got a real nice Vatican here. I’d hate to see something happen to it…”