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The Tudor Heart: Why This Love Token Is Actually About Power, Not Romance
The Tudor Heart The British Museum has raised £3.5 million to save the Tudor Heart, a stunning 24-carat gold pendant found in a Warwickshire field in 2019. The media immediately called it a love token between Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. The intertwined symbols are all there: the Tudor rose, the pomegranate, the initials H and K, and the inscription tousiors —always. Romantic, right? Not quite. The British Museum's own research suggests a different interpretation. This
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Feb 9
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