HAMPTON COURT PALACE (THE OPULENCE)

HENRY AND ANN BOLEYN'S ENTWINED INITIALS WERE REMOVED WHEN ANN FELL OUT OF FAVOUR.
THIS ONE WAS MISSED.

QUEEN CATHERINE PARR

THE CHURCH OF ST MARY'S, IN THE GROUNDS OF SUDELEY CASTLE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, IS THE BURIAL PLACE OF QUEEN CATHERINE PARR. SHE WAS THE SIXTH WIFE OF HENRY VIII AND THE ONLY ONE HE DIDN'T DIVORCE OR EXECUTE. SHE OUTLIVED HIM!

THIS TOMB OF QUEEN CATHERINE PARR REPLACES THE ORIGINAL WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY CROMWELL'S TROOPS.

PICTURESQUE RUIN

TINTERN ABBEY.

THE ABBEY WAS FOUNDED IN 1131 IN THE BEAUTIFUL WYE VALLEY. DISSOLUTION CAME IN 1536 BECAUSE OF KING HENRY VIII AND HIS DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES. IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE WYE VALEY AND TINTERN ABBEY BECAME FASHIONABLE FOR ITS ROMANTIC AND PICTURESQUE QUALITIES