#46 Missions impossible - Ep 3 Henry VIII: the King, his wife, his lover, the French

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1527: The pope is a prisoner of the marauding Spanish in Rome and yet Henry sends his man Knight on a madcap mission to ask Pope Clement VII for permission to marry a young woman he is already sleeping with. It’s the first of a whole series of crazy errands, asking the pope for the impossible. Does Henry have a hidden agenda? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.