‘And I remember,’ Norfolk says, ‘when the king took his fall at the joust –’ ‘24 January, 1536,’ Gardiner says. ‘– when the king was carried to a tent and lay on a bier either dead or dying, all your concern was, “Where is Mary?”’

‘And I remember,’ Norfolk says, ‘when the king took his fall at the joust –’ ‘24 January, 1536,’ Gardiner says. ‘– when the king was carried to a tent and lay on a bier either dead or dying, all your concern was, “Where is Mary?”’