Visiting Peterborough last week to talk to a group of lawyers about Smart e-Discovery, I found myself walking past the magnificent ancient cathedral in the centre of this otherwise (some would say) unexceptional modern town. With an hour to kill before the presentation, I wandered into the cathedral .. [and those of you who don't share my fascination for this subject may skip the next two paragraphs!]
It contains the tomb of Katharine of Aragon. Katharine was the youngest surviving child of the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, who unified and created modern Spain in the 15th century. She married firstly Arthur, Prince of Wales, eldest son of King Henry VII, and when he died young she married his brother and became the first of the six wives of Henry VIII. Henry ultimately rejected her when he became infatuated with Anne Boleyn…