Anne has been celebrated and damned, seen as either schemer or a victim. Her sister Mary is less remembered and often dismissed as a fool. But what was the truth?
Mary was a short-lived, little-favored Catholic and Elizabeth a long-reigning, all-admired Protestant. However, Henry VIII's daughters have more in common than meets the eye.
Thousands of women gave their all to the Suffrage movement, but for Christabel and Sylvia their own sisterhood would be strained to the point of breaking.