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“Talk to me before you believe anything!”, Thomas Cromwell (played by Mark Rylance) tells his monarch and master Henry VIII (played by Damien Lewis) in a pivotal scene in the penultimate episode of the BBC adaptation of The Mirror and the Light, the 900-page third act in Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed…

Tudor drama follows stories in the court of Charles’ predecessor King Henry VIII

With centuries of history and tradition governing their very existences, it's no surprise that the royal residences are almost as fascinating as the family themselves

‘Mark Rylance was made for the role of Cromwell,’ one viewer said