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British Museum Acquires £3.5m Tudor Heart Pendant Linked to Henry VIII

The British Museum raised £3.5m from over 45,000 public donors to secure a rare 16th-century pendant linked to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon for public display.

  • The British Museum acquired the Tudor Heart after a fundraising campaign that raised £3.5m to keep the pendant in public hands.
  • The British Museum launched an appeal in October to buy the Tudor Heart and prevent it entering a private collection, with the museum saying the goal has been met using the Treasure Act process.
  • The artefact, found in Warwickshire in 2019 by a metal detectorist, was processed under Treasure Act rules and unites the Tudor rose with Katherine's pomegranate, bears a banner reading `tousiors`, and shows the letters 'H' and 'K'.
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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
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