He was the most notorious and brutal King ever to reign over England, but today there is very little that commemorates the life and death of King Henry VIII. He is most famously known for the fact he had 6 wives, two of whom lost their heads inside of the walls of the Tower of London. But Henry throughout his life was a horrific man who would turn on even some of his closest friends and he brought a huge amount of chaos and turmoil across England. Henry was known for his sharp temper and his vicious nature and he would willingly sign the execution warrants of his friends after he had been tricked into doing so. For example Thomas Cromwell was stated to have been Henry’s best and closest friend, but he too would go to the executioner’s scaffold for his involvement in the scandalous fourth marriage that saw Henry married to Anne of Cleves. But the King’s death was one which was filled with calm and quiet, in a sharp contrast to his life. He is buried today inside of a burial vault in a rather quiet and calm resting place, but his vault was broken into a number of times and others were placed in the vault to be buried with the notorious Tudor King. But who is buried with Henry VIII?

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