Peter Jans
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And the mnemonic is Carjack.
For the car, we take the C for Catherine of Aragon.
The A, Anne Boleyn, the R as assisting.
And the Jack, the J for Jane Seymour.
The A, Anne of Cleves.
The first C, Catherine Howard.
And the second C, Catherine Parr.
Now on to... Five fun facts.
And the first fun fact today, fact number one.
Henry was not supposed to be king.
His older brother Arthur was, but unfortunately Arthur died at the age of 15 of sweating sickness.
Henry was next in line, let's say a spare, and managed to take the title along with his dead brother's wife, Catherine of Aragon.
And fact two, Henry VIII was actually lucky to survive a jousting incident.
He was thrown from his horse, which then somehow landed back on top of him.
He suffered a serious injury and was unconscious for two hours.
Some say this incident caused the brain injury that turned him into a monster and led to his weight gain.
And fact three, Henry VIII orchestrated the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church.
This was carried out by Henry VIII because Pope Clement VII refused to grant him an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, so he could then marry Anne Boleyn.
And fact number four, Henry VIII furthered the field of engineering with special mechanical devices made for him later in life to help him get in and out of bed and on his horse as a result of his burgeoning weight.
And the last fact, fact number five.