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Henry VIII armour to be exhibited

An exhibition of the most complete collection of King Henry VIII's personal arms and armour is set to open in London.

Henry VIII: Dressed to Kill includes a personal suit of armour not seen in the UK for 70 years.

The priceless Wilton anime armour of about 1544 is on loan from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was only discovered to be Henry's in 2003.

The Tower of London exhibition marks 500 years since his accession.

The Italian made suit is probably Henry's last surviving armour, capturing his large frame, and was made for the Battle of Boulogne.

It was in the Pembroke armoury at Wilton House in Wiltshire. However, it was sold privately to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 1930s as a French nobility suit of armour.

Only in 2003 was the suit identified as belonging to Henry VIII.

It will be reunited in the exhibition with its arms, perhaps for the first time in five centuries.
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