One thing I'd say is that the story of the plot against Katherine might not be correct. It is usually presented as her outwitting him, but I don't think she did. They both knew what was happening and she was smart enough to give him what he wanted. Henry did things like this before with Gardiner and Cranmer. When he wanted someone eliminated, there would be absolutely no chance to get to him and talk to him and plead your case to him. Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Cromwell didn't get an audience and whatever letters they sent went unanswered. Henry would make himself scarce and go as far as possible from the people he wanted eliminated. Even Catherine of Aragon... he went with her to a palace and then went out to buy cigarettes (hunting 😀) and never returned. While waiting for him to return, she was told she would be moved to another palace. Henry wouldn't give people he was done with an opportunity to defend themselves or argue with him. But he did with Katherine and that's significant. And he liked to remind people who was in charge. If you got to see him, it meant he didn't want to go all the way and wanted you to grovel before him. One night he called Cranmer and told him he would be arrested by the Council and gave him a ring to show them when that happened as a sign of his favour. He could have intervened and just told the Council to back off, but he wanted that shock of hearing "you're under arrest" to remind Cranmer who was the boss and that he owed him his life. That in a sea of wolves out to get him, Henry was the only one who could save him. He did a similar thing to Gardiner. It's a similar pattern to what happens to Katherine. He could have told Wriothesley the warrant was off, but again, he wanted a theatrical display to remind both Katherine and Wriothesley who was in charge. Henry wanted a quiet wife and he got a quiet wife afterwards. Katherine toned down her opinions for the final months of his life. This is why I also believe he had the warrant delivered to her "accidentally" and he knew exactly why Katherine was crying, but was playing a game to test her. And she passed the test. (I didn't come up with this theory, it was in a book "Katherine Parr" by Elizabeth Norton, but it makes sense to me, considering there's a pattern).
One thing I'd say is that the story of the plot against Katherine might not be correct. It is usually presented as her outwitting him, but I don't think she did. They both knew what was happening and she was smart enough to give him what he wanted. Henry did things like this before with Gardiner and Cranmer. When he wanted someone eliminated, there would be absolutely no chance to get to him and talk to him and plead your case to him. Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Cromwell didn't get an audience and whatever letters they sent went unanswered. Henry would make himself scarce and go as far as possible from the people he wanted eliminated. Even Catherine of Aragon... he went with her to a palace and then went out to buy cigarettes (hunting 😀) and never returned. While waiting for him to return, she was told she would be moved to another palace. Henry wouldn't give people he was done with an opportunity to defend themselves or argue with him. But he did with Katherine and that's significant.
And he liked to remind people who was in charge. If you got to see him, it meant he didn't want to go all the way and wanted you to grovel before him. One night he called Cranmer and told him he would be arrested by the Council and gave him a ring to show them when that happened as a sign of his favour. He could have intervened and just told the Council to back off, but he wanted that shock of hearing "you're under arrest" to remind Cranmer who was the boss and that he owed him his life. That in a sea of wolves out to get him, Henry was the only one who could save him. He did a similar thing to Gardiner. It's a similar pattern to what happens to Katherine. He could have told Wriothesley the warrant was off, but again, he wanted a theatrical display to remind both Katherine and Wriothesley who was in charge. Henry wanted a quiet wife and he got a quiet wife afterwards. Katherine toned down her opinions for the final months of his life. This is why I also believe he had the warrant delivered to her "accidentally" and he knew exactly why Katherine was crying, but was playing a game to test her. And she passed the test. (I didn't come up with this theory, it was in a book "Katherine Parr" by Elizabeth Norton, but it makes sense to me, considering there's a pattern).