Pope to present gift to Charles
Prince Charles and Camilla are both on their second marriage
BBC News
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The Pope is planning to present the Prince of Wales with a memento of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon at a meeting next week.
The prince will get a copy of the 1530 appeal by English peers to Pope Clement VII asking for a marriage annulment.
Pope Benedict will also meet Charles's second wife, the Duchess of Cornwall.
The gift is being seen as an attempt to help heal centuries of schism between Rome and the Church of England, which was established by Henry VIII.
It will be Charles's first audience at the Vatican since his divorce from the late Diana, Princess of Wales. Current wife Camilla has also been married before.
Stefano Della Zana, from Scrinium publishers, which is reproducing the special document, said: "It is kept in the Vatican secret archives. This is absolutely the first time anyone has been given a copy."
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