British Museum Lectures: Rachel King for The Tudor Heart

British Museum curator Rachel King speaks at Topping & Company about her book on the Tudor Heart pendant linked to Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon.

Rachel King, Curator of Renaissance Europe and the Waddesdon Bequest at the British Museum, discusses her book on the Tudor Heart, a heart-shaped gold pendant and chain dated to the late 1510s and associated with Henry VIII, Katherine of Aragon and their daughter Mary. The talk covers the artefact's chance discovery, its making and materials, and its significance as evidence for Henry's early reign and court magnificence. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start.