Comments on: Anne

By: Emmanuel

Emmanuel — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:44:50 +0000

Hi, I just want to mention that I´ve become a hugh fan of all the Anne Boleyn history by just wanting to practise my English listening skill when finding a documentary about Anne. Now, I´m totally interested in her life and the period of time when she was a queen! Emmanuel from Mexico, city.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:25:17 +0000

*You’re

By: potato

potato — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:42:10 +0000

hte fact abou tthe three breast and six fingers may not be real

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:18:01 +0000

no they are not my parents……

By: Lorna Wanstall

Lorna Wanstall — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:35:22 +0000

Melissa.. I have to ask are your parents Steven and Jill Crisp?

By: Lorna Wanstall

Lorna Wanstall — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:33:23 +0000

In todays world Anne would just be passable but certainly not beautiful. She was considered beautiful back in tudor times but I think that was down to the way she worn her clothes, her humourous lighthearted behaviour and her learning. You can see why Henry was attracted to her.
Henry turned the world upside down for her only to turn inside out to get rid of her. Would he have executed her if she gave him a son? I don’t think so but I certainly feel he would have divorced her at some point. Rumour has it that he tried to plea bargain with her prior to her execution by offering her her life if she gave up all rights to the throne and took Elizabeth and went abroad. She naturally refused as she knew that if she did she would be hunted down and killed, along with Elizabeth and because she was abroad the king could claim that they died of some disease or something, nobody would be any wiser and no one would question the king’s story..
To me Anne is my heroine as she was a remarkable, intelligent and humourous person, and she gave the ultimate sacrifice herself so that Elizabeth could rule and put the Great in Britain. Henry never admitted it but of the 3 children Elizabeth was his favourite, and she always said that she may not be a lion but she is a lion’s cub. How right she was. She certainly showed that she had her fathers fire and her mothers wit when dealing with William Cecil concerning the succession and said to her Madam you must marry and produce an heir. She rounded on him and said ” If I had been born crested and not cloven you wouldn’t have dared speak to me like this.. I’ll let you draw your own conclusion to that one..

By: msmuffintop

msmuffintop — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:54:25 +0000

I think the story about the six fingers has retained life after so many years because there was some kernel of truth to it. I suggest she had perhaps a double fingernail. She was known for fashionable long sleeves that may have minimized people seeing her hand. I doubt it was truly a full finger, because that would have been mentioned by contemporaries, especially before she became famous. Yet, it is not mentioned in correspondences

By: Eve

Eve — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:25:13 +0000

I have recently read The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn which painted Anne in a much more positive light. It also takes into question whether or not Anne had anything to do with the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey or if she were an innocent bystander. Might want to give it a go anyway.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:48:27 +0000

Well I think the rumors of queen anne are ridiculous and imature and untrue I love the story of henry VIII and his six wives in my opinon anne was great woman who was just simply ahead of her time and produced one of the greatest queens in english history and natea I’m sure she would have crushed u for treason u are clearly a childish man with no restpect for women or the history of england anne bolyen was a powerful woman and I do not for one second belive the accusations agaist her were true she was to powerful a woman in those times (she had an opinion) and that led to her death

By: Carol Arnall

Carol Arnall — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:30:25 +0000

This is a brilliant website. Thank you.
Do you know if Henry ever gave Anne a dog as a gift?
Thank you,
Carol