I’m trying something a bit different with my next video on The Anne Boleyn Files YouTube channel.
I’m going to be using YouTube’s Premiere feature so that we can all watch it together, and I’ll be there in the live chat discussing it with you as it plays.
I thought we’d start with a suitably juicy topic: Did Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves consummate their marriage?
We know what was claimed when Henry wanted their marriage annulled, but what does the evidence actually tell us about what happened – or didn’t happen – in the royal bedchamber? And what might Henry’s rather revealing comments about Anne, and about his own performance, tell us?
I’m going to be digging into the evidence and questioning some of the things we’ve been told about this famously unsuccessful marriage.
So, bring your popcorn, and let’s watch it together.
21 July 2026 at 9pm UK, 4pm New York.
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