Wednesday, Jun. 24, 2009

Sixth Time's A Charm

How can you remember what happened to all six of Henry's wives (which included three Catherines)? Schoolchildren in England are taught a mnemonic device to keep them straight. The old rhyme describes the fate of each — "Divorced, Beheaded, Died — Divorced, Beheaded, Survived." (For the record, their names were Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Kathryn Howard and Katherine Parr.)