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Jan 2025
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SIX WIVES #5: The Tragedy of Katherine H...

Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne
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Today, the girls are coming back into the scene with the 5th wife of Henry VIII, Catherine Howard. Tbh, this is such a tragic story and a bit of a sadder episode. In a way, this is a perfect episode to end off january- the "nightmare month"


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