Why Catherine Howard Lost Her Head

<p>Poor Catherine Howard. She was smart, intelligent and undeniably beautiful, but ultimately no match for the vicious Henry VIII.</p><br><p>She was certainly a victim but was she totally blameless?</p><br><p>Joining Kate today is the always-fabulous historian <a href="garethrussell.co.uk/"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gareth Russell</a>, author of <em>Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII</em>, to help us find out more about this short-lived Queen of England.</p><br><p>Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards. Click here to place your vote! Thank you! open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa</p><br>… episode was edited by Hannah Feodorov. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.</p><br><p>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>historyhit.com/subscribe</u></a>;. </p><br><p><u>You can take part in our listener survey</u><a href="surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u> here</u></a><u>.</u></p><br><p>All music from Epidemic Sounds.</p><p>Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards! UK & Ireland listeners please place your vote on the Spotify mobile app here: <a href="open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa</a></p>;

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