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The Tragic Fall of Catherine Howard: A Queen’s Fatal Mistake

1542 marked the grim end of Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII, whose fate mirrored the merciless nature of the Tudor court. At just around eighteen or nineteen years old, Catherine’s brief tenure as queen ended in tragedy when she was executed at the Tower of London for alleged adultery. Her downfall …

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