The actor Danny Dyer has discovered he is related to two English kings, but said he feels a closer affinity to another blood connection unearthed by researchers, Henry VIII’s adviser and fixer Thomas Cromwell.
And no one can do Danny Dyer like I can do Danny Dyer.”
Cromwell was recently brought to the small screen in BBC2 drama Wolf Hall, played to critical acclaim by Mark Rylance.
But the fact of the matter is that I am a direct descendant of royalty,” the EastEnders actor told the Radio Times.