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Catherine Howard's goose is cooked on The Tudors, preview

By April MacIntyre May 9, 2010, 3:27 GMT

English singer Joss Stone is excellent as Anne of Cleves EPA/JOSE SENA GOULAO

Showtime's "The Tudors" will really be missed when it wraps after this season.  Its comforting to know showrunner Michael Hirst has "The Borgias" up his sleeve, starring Jeremy Irons.  Hopefully that series will also be a magnificent ballet of crafts that has made the period drama starring Henry VIII stand out so beautifully.

Tune in for Sunday May 8, as King Henry (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) is discovering the pitfalls of marrying a teenage ninny Catherine Howard (Tamzin Merchant).

His regrets and guilt about how shabbily he treated the lovely and gracious Anne of Cleves (Joss Stone) are now evident as he looks forward to her company and even bed, in light of the fact he annulled their union over his initial distaste for her appearance.

Henry's teen bride has worn everyone out. Now the scuttlebutt becomes ammunition as the King is devastated to learn of his beloved queen's ribald past and present affairs, banishes her from court as the investigation rounds up and tortures suspects. Watch what happens in an all-new episode of The Tudors, this Sunday at 9PM ET/PT.

In the episode Offenses Against the King, Katherine Howard is stripped of the title of Queen. The  show is directed By: Ciarán Donnelly