I’ve teamed up again with my good friend Dr Owen Emmerson to answer your burning questions about Anne Boleyn’s downfall. This is the first of two instalments. Join us tomorrow for Part 2!
Tune in to hear Natalie and Dr Emmerson and I answer the following questions:
– Why after wooing Anne for so long and declaring his undying love for her, did he have her executed? Was it because it was just an obsession and not real love?
– Was Henry a narcissist and incapable of love?
– Are there any records of Anne’s mother’s views on the events going on in her daughter’s life in 1535-1536? Was she involved in the court politics that raised and then destroyed her family?
– Do you think there is a possibility that Henry VIII feared an unlikely alliance between Anne, and indeed the whole Boleyn family, and his daughter Mary?
– Did Henry fear a potential coup of his power by the Boleyns and any potential allies of theirs, most especially after the death of Katherine of Aragon?
– Did Henry’s jousting accident change his personality?
– Which ladies were at court when Anne was arrested?
– Is there anything more we can learn from what Alexander Aless witnessed between Anne and Henry?
– Do you think the letter purportedly written by Anne to Henry from The Tower is genuine? And if yes, did Henry ever see the letter?
– Do we know how Anne reacted to news of her brother being executed?
– Did Anne see any family while in the Tower?
– Is there any truth to the story that Anne chose execution over being sent to a convent in Antwerp?
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