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England’s queens have been few, and have usually come to rule
more by default than design, due to male relatives further up
the line of succession dying. It is somewhat ironic that two of
the six queens who have ruled in the last five hundred years
were daughters of Henry VIII, whose greatest wish was to have a
son who could rule after him – a desire so strong he discarded
wives through divorce and execution in the vain hope of finding
a woman who could ensure his legacy. In Boudicca’s time, the
first century AD, when Romans thrived on English soil, England
did not have a single king or queen. Tribes in different parts
of the country had their own rulers, who protected their lands
and borders. Boudicca was married to Prasutagus, king of the
Iceni tribe. On her husband’s death the Romans decided to move
in, claiming ownership of