Greetings from sunny Morocco :D just a short one this week as we've come to the end of wife number five and getting towards the end of when I was writing this during Nano (can you tell I was flagging) anyway hope you enjoy!

The meeting with the King of Scotland did not go as planned. Henry's cousin did not come to the meeting to sign the treaty and in fact sent an army over the Scottish border. The army were tearing up the land wherever they went and were causing havoc in the Highlands. Enraged Henry commissioned Thomas Seymour to raise an army of their own to meet the Scottish head on, one that would decimate the Scots and give three hurts for every one of the Scottish offences.

If this news was not enough to trouble His Majesty then almost immediately after receiving it he received a second messenger telling him that Prince Edward was gravely ill and there was a chance that he may not make it. As soon as he heard this Henry dropped everything and rushed back to London to be by his son's side. Henry was terrified that his son would be taken from him, just as his mother had done but God was willing and the young Prince recovered.

After his recovery Henry held a special service to give thanks for the life of the young Prince Edward. Henry also wanted to give thanks for the Queen (he was still in the hope that she could produce more children for him but she was still yet to fall pregnant.) Isabella had noticed how different that Katherine had been (ever since she had started her affair with Culpepper the Queen was a great deal more subdued than she had been before), Isabella did not know why the Queen was so subdued and calm but she was sure that it was not a good omen.

During the service for Edward and Katherine a letter was slipped on to His Majesty's chair stating that the Queen had been lewdly living before she was married to the King. Henry was furious with the contents of the letter (Isabella knew that it would bring up memories of Anne Boleyn and the end of his marriage to her) and told Edward Seymour to investigate the matter. Katherine was confined to her room with only Lady Rochford to serve her and her maid Joan Bulmer was taken for questioning as it was claimed she knew of the allegations. Francis Durham was also arrested because the letter stated that he had been the one Katherine was having carnal relations with during the time in question.

Under her questioning Joan Bulmer confessed all that she knew – she told her questioner everything that had gone on between Katherine and Francis Durham while they had been living with the Dowager Duchess. Durham also confessed to his carnal knowledge of the Queen after being threatened by Edward Seymour with torture – although he maintained that he had not wronged the King in any was as Katherine had not been the Queen at that point.

"Certain accusations have been made against the Queen." Henry told Suffolk and Isabella one afternoon while the three of them were playing cards.

"What kind of accusations?" Suffolk asked.

"Oh that she was light, immoral, dissolute, with certain men, before she came to court." Henry replied. Isabella said nothing, she had heard what Durham had said to the Queen and she assumed that this was what he had been talking about – Katherine's past with him – but she did not want to comment on the subject, maintaining that it was not her place and the truth would come out sooner or later. "I can't believe it to be true." Henry continued after a moment's silence. "But since the accusations are made I must know all the facts. But since this inquisition is in progress be careful of whom you speak to – I'll have no spark of scandal against her name."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Suffolk replied, once again Isabella said nothing. She did not wish to, as Henry put it, spark scandal against her name. This could end badly for her if she did, especially as she would be doing so without any real proof.

"So what do believe on the subject of Her Majesty's fidelity?" Suffolk asked Isabella as the two took a walk after their game.

"I believe that there could well be some truth to the allegations." Isabella replied. "Her Majesty has been acting very strangely over the past few weeks – well what I have seen of her anyway. I believe that there is something going on with her, however I do not know what."

"That does not necessarily mean that she is unfaithful to His Majesty." Lord Suffolk replied and Isabella nodded slowly.

"That is true but there is certainly something that she is trying to hide." she stated.

"We will just have to wait to find out what that is." Suffolk replied offering no other comment on the matter.

Isabella was right, as usual. The allegations against the Queen were found out to be true (well the ones about Durham for the moment anyway). Katherine was made to forfeit the title of Queen and was to be removed from the Palace. After hearing that this was to happen Katherine ran out to find Henry to beg for his forgiveness and explain that the allegations were false. She made a great scene in one of the halls; Henry ignored her and turned his back on her.

After she was taken away from the Palace Bishop Gardiner was sent to question Katherine of her faults, telling her that if she told the truth she would be pardoned. Katherine said that Francis Durham raped her but Gardiner believed that to false – he knew that she was lying about her relationship with Durham and she would pay for it.

Francis Durham was placed under torture and during one session he told Edward Seymour that he had not slept with the Queen after she had married Henry because he had already been replaced by another in her affections. Seymour pressed to find out who it was and Durham told him that it was Thomas Culpepper – the king's groom. Culpepper was arrested and questioned by Edward Seymour for his part in the matter. Culpepper said that Lady Rochford pressed the two into their affair and he also said that Katherine was the one who wanted it more than he did. He sold them out to save his own skin but in the end it was worthless.

Culpepper was found guilty, as was Durham, and the two were sentenced to be executed for high treason. Culpepper was beheaded while Durham was hung, drawn and quartered. Henry said that he hated Durham more for spoiling the Queen and therefore wanted his sentence to be more severe. During her imprisonment Lady Rochford went insane, because of this she was going to be pardoned of her crimes because it was written that the insane could not be executed for treason. His anger still fuelling him Henry told Charles to make his parliament pass a bill that allowed him to execute the insane for treason.

After the execution of her two former lovers Katherine was taken to the Tower of London to wait for her sentence as to whether she would be executed of not. As she was lead to her cell Katherine was made to walk passed the heads of both Culpepper and Durham. As she passed Culpepper she wept a great deal more for him than she did for Durham. During her time in the Tower Katherine was sentenced to be executed. The jailer asked her if she would like to take confession before she was to be killed. Katherine graciously declined saying 'I have spoken to God so rarely I do not thing he would know who I was'.

The next day both Katherine and Lady Rochford were executed. It must have been a great relief for Lady Rochford who had been living insane for the past week. When it came for Katherine's time to die she did not ask for forgiveness (as most who were being executed did so) and she said that she was to die a Queen but would rather die the wife of Culpepper :- she remained a traitor to His Majesty to the end. She placed her head on the block and it was over.