Queen Katherine Was No Pushover
Katherine knew about Henry’s affairs. Social standards meant the king tried to be discrete, and the Queen pretended she didn’t know what was happening, but when Henry told Katherine he wanted to annul the marriage to marry Anne Boleyn, she was furious. He insisted their marriage wasn’t valid because she consummated her marriage with his brother Arthur, which she strongly denied denied.
Divorce went against her Catholic faith, and would threaten Mary’s royal role. Despite being sent from court and separated from her daughter. Still she insisted that she was Queen, refusing the Princess Dowager title Henry insisted on giving her.
