In ‘The Lady in the Tower’, Alison Weir mentions that Anne ‘had spoken rashly, even treasonously, overstepping the conventional bounds of courtly banter between queen and servant’ (pg 8) – do you know who she had spoken to/what she said?
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That was a very foolish remark to make, it could be she was fed up and angry with Henrys carrying on with Jane Seymour and spoke without thinking, she knew it was unacceptable as soon as she’d said it that’s why she tried to make Norris go to her almoner, she could be very indiscreet at times and considering the stress she was under she grew even more reckless, she was making it very easy for that toad Cromwell to incriminate her, she’d waited so long to be queen dreaming of untold glories and must have realised by then that it hadn’t been worth it, but then having something isn’t as exciting as wanting it, once caught the novelty wears of, hence Henrys obsession with Anne and her longing to be queen, such a shame Norris was caught up in it, he was offered his life if he admitted his guilt but swore the allegations of adultery were untrue, he seemed a very nice man with principles and he was Henrys friend to, within a few weeks six people were unjustly murdered all because of Henrys quest to get a son .