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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Michael Howie

British Museum raises £3.5million to save Henry VIII-linked pendant found by metal detectorist in field

It was discovered six years ago by a metal detectorist in a field in Warwickshire.

Now the Tudor Heart - a gold pendant linked to Henry VIII’s marriage to his first wife, Katherine of Aragon - will go on show to millions after the British Museum successfully raised £3.5 million to save it following a four-month fundraising campaign.

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