Yes, Queen Elizabeth II is related to King Henry VIII, but the connection is quite distant. King Henry VIII, who ruled England from 1509 to 1547, is an ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II through his daughter, Elizabeth I. Elizabeth I, who was Henry VIII’s daughter with Anne Boleyn, did not have any children of her own. However, the lineage continues through Henry VIII’s sister, Margaret Tudor. Margaret married James IV of Scotland, and their descendants eventually led to the Stuart line of monarchs. The Stuart line later merged with the Hanoverian line, which is the direct lineage of Queen Elizabeth II. Therefore, while Queen Elizabeth II is not a direct descendant of King Henry VIII, she is related to him through a complex web of royal family connections.
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