Before the Tudors became TV stars they were, of course, one of the most important dynasties in Britain, and it's that historical face of the 16th-century royal family a new exhibition in Paris is showing. The display, in the Museum of Luxembourg until July 19, brings together paintings of the five monarchs loaned by London's National Portrait Gallery -- including of notorious King Henry VIII -- along with objects and documents related to their reign. "We wanted to show how the royal image was used with the goal of it being spread among the subjects but also with a political aim, with portraits being exchanged to arrange unions between dynasties," said Cecile Maisonneuve, one of the exhibit's organisers.
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