Why Henry VIII Beheaded Anne Boleyn | The Six Queens Of Henry VIII | Channel 5

Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII's second wife and queen. As well as being unable to provide Henry VIII with a male heir to the Tudor throne, she was also caught flirting with other men and was charged with treason and beheaded for her crime. Watch The Six Queens Of Henry VIII and see the story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage story.
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[@channel5]

What do you think of the monarchy?

[@delacey99]

Decent

[@felixboldy1152]

@@delacey99 it's sad that theres litterally 2 comments

[@dindonajarro]

Eh idk

[@carolmeto5743]

@@felixboldy11528

[@connoroleary591]

Today very few people, even those who have been to university are educated. It is the age of narcissism. It is such a relief that the mob are not here, giving us the benefit of their idiocy. We can go through life without feeling strongly on every single topic.

[@barbarablue2571]

And the most ironic thing is that after loving her so much, giving her a coronation like no other queen had before and protecting her throughout their time together, it was Henry himself who asked for her head.

[@CherylSonnier18]

True

[@isidroguevara4120]

I don't think it was love if it ended in a decapitation... I believe it was more of a necessity.

[@xxxxxx5062]

I think it was obsession rather than love

[@luvprue1]

I don't think it was love at all. He was obsessed with Anne. But once they became husband and wife he started to hate her.

[@xxxxxx5062]

@@luvprue1 exactly.

[@--Tia--]

It has pretty much been proven that all , or at least most, of the charges brought against Anne were false.

[@CocoCece08]

Still doesn't mean it's not true, though. Cause even if she was only found guilty of high treason, it was still a death sentence.

[@mcaskey358]

There was never any need to prove that. Even at the time they knew they had no evidence against her. But with all things, what Henry wanted was what Henry got.

[@mangot589]

She did make that idiotic comment about dead mans shoes. That’s treason right there. I feel sorry for the guy, though. He immediately denied it, and still got executed.

[@bellakatherman1477]

@@mangot589 if she really did say that

[@mangot589]

@@bellakatherman1477 I believe she did. It’s well documented in contemporary accounts. I know she was railroaded, but there doesn’t seem to be any evidence that this particular conversation was made up.

[@amaliasilva7518]

Personally, I would be happier to have two healthy and strong baby girls than a sickly and weak baby boy.

[@kybug4life879]

Poor Edward died at the age of 15

[@wednesdayschild3627]

Edward was very healthy. He got sick and died. He caught measles, then pneumonia and died. We are lucky to have modern medicine.

[@theraven6843]

@@wednesdayschild3627We are lucky husbands can’t but us on the guillotine anymore!

[@jpman9795]

Yea, the real joke on Henry was that he always obsessed about having a son to rule after he was gone...ended up being Anne's daughter Elizabeth, who became the greatest ruler England ever had. "The Golden Age." Life is so full of irony, it's not funny!

[@Jamie-ho1wg]

She came from Deez nuts

[@199019852007]

@@Jamie-ho1wg ha ha ha

[@aleksanderwaldon992]

There wasn't something like "the golden age" of ElizabethI. That's pure myth.

[@siriuslyginnychase3100]

Anne in the end was victorious...but at the cost of her life and leaving her daughter without a mother.

[@misrosefromeverywhere3673]

@@Jamie-ho1wg Are you proud of me dad?

[@sds6303]

Yet even though he was 'obsessed', he still cheated on her multiple times & had her killed *facepalm*

[@isidroguevara4120]

Like you said, 'obsessed'! Obsession is not love. It never will be. Some try to put a romantic twist on obsession but the truth is, Anne probably lived a real life horror story! This "love" ended in a decapitation, it was never love to begin with!

[@xxxxxx5062]

@@isidroguevara4120 exactly! it was an obsession all along!

[@SmartStart24]

@@isidroguevara4120 This is so true and extremely deep. Same thing happens today.

[@Rat_Queen86]

Yeah. Narcissism is like that. Hardly surprising.

[@yasminedjebbaili2553]

He was obsessed with Anne because of what she could give him: a male heir. Once he realised that she couldn't give him that (as if it was Anne's fault), he chucked her out. Literally.

[@coldmonalisa7793]

Anne Boleyn was probably not-guilty for most of her crimes. But even if she was, she got the last laugh because it was her daughter that brought England to a “golden age,” not his desired son.

[@kybug4life879]

Poor Edward died at 15 :(

[@jeffmode6526]

Anne's crime was not giving him a son. ELIZABETH, THE GREATEst Queen of England.

[@jennifermoriarty2188]

I'm curious how Henry would react knowing that. But with all his terrible deeds the fact he took hot baths regularly makes him awesome 😂

[@ardenalexa94]

@@jennifermoriarty2188 why does that make him awesome?

[@marksanders2168]

You mean liberalism and inclusion? 😁

[@aaronkaczmarek5032]

Something tells me she regretted the 7 years of waiting “to get Henry” and push Catherine out..

[@xxxxxx5062]

yup 😂😂😂

[@isidroguevara4120]

Who'd want to get Henry though??? Lol! I bet she read the Other Boleyn Girl novel and got the idea from there!

[@ElizabethF2222]

Exactly. If Anne had known the outcome, she might have been kinder to KOA and not been so quick to celebrate Katherine's death. Jane Seymour wasn't much better, marrying Henry only 10 days after Anne's execution. Jeez. Queen's stepping over queens right and left.

[@xxxxxx5062]

@@ElizabethF2222 yup

[@kyliecrybaby4161]

@@ElizabethF2222 well in a misogynistic society that’s just how it was

[@isidroguevara4120]

The actress who plays Anne in this is one of the most accurate portrayals of her (except for the hair, Anne had dark auburn hair, not black or brown hair), but the rest fits nicely with what is said of her appearance. Dark expressive eyes, wide mouth, olive skin complexion, slim and attractive.

[@jpman9795]

It's so hard to tell exactly what people looked like back then because every painter used that same renaissance style when doing portraits. I have a feeling she was way more beautiful in person. No way she could steal the king's heart like she did and make him literally split from the church in order to marry her unless her beauty was unmatched!

[@fernandaescobar3721]

@@jpman9795 exactly, and she was not only beautiful and charming, she was smart and educated, something very rare for the time standards. She was everything a king wanted in a mistress but not in a wife. Jane Seymour was obedient, quiet and pious, the ideal queen in Henry's mind. Maybe is Anne had married Henry Percy she would have lived a long happy life.

[@jpman9795]

Yea, nature played a cruel trick on Ann. Had she just given him a healthy son, her position as queen would have been assured for the rest of her NATURAL life! She played the game of thrones to perfection...until she couldn't give him an aire! In those days, when you lost at that game...you lost your head! Was a very dangerous game to play for sure.

[@killerqueen4411]

@@jpman9795 Opinions were divided on her attractiveness due to her unpopularity. She was also not considered beautiful by Tudor standard. The women considered most beautiful at the time had fair skin, fair hair, blue eyes and were voluptuous. Anne had dark hair, dark eyes, sallow or olive skin and was slim.

[@brinirose7302]

Anne is less known for her attractiveness than for her wit. She had dark, captivating eyes, but it was her mind, her banter and cleverness, and the way she played the long game (by flirting with Henry and not sleeping with him when he first requested) that caused Henry to fall in love with her. Although as others have said, it is impossible to know for sure exactly what she looked like because of secondhand accounts in letters (some written some time after her death). Also, Henry had all the portraits of her that could be found destroyed as soon as she died to make way for Jane Seymour. So historians are not 100% sure if any remain from when she was alive.

[@allycat0136]

Anne talking to guy about the dead king: Woman in background 👀

[@HiveMistress]

I read a book that suggests when she died Anne was 35, but yes still could have had more children. Henry contracted syphilis or something that causes long periods of infertility and maybe contributed to miscarriages. Henry was determined not to be the reason he had no son. Also Anne wanted to make changes religion-wise that Henry didn't.

[@brontewcat]

Most historians are pretty sure Henry did not have syphilis. There were well known remedies for it. Henry was not ever treated with those remedies (unlike the French king). There is no reason to think Henry was infertile. His first three queens all fell pregnant relatively easily, but the problem was carrying the baby to term.

[@ebenezermarley]

@ HiveMistress - I think he had at least 2 sons by mistresses, 1 he acknowleged who was Henry Fitzroy I think and 1 son he didn't acknowledge along with a daughter. I wouldn't be suprised if there were more.

[@christina3521]

The 1507 birthday is one to consider - putting her at only at age 28ish at her execution. There are primary sources for this.

[@michaelagrady1832]

I heard she died a Christian woman.

[@ciarasavage5840]

Divorced beheaded and died, Divorced beheaded survived

[@owlpaw8022]

And tonight we are

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@@owlpaw8022 Liiiiiiiiiiiive

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@@anneliesedavies4116 Listen up let me tell you a story!

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@@owlpaw8022 a story that you think you've heard before

[@jennamariposa5443]

@@anneliesedavies4116 we know you know our names and our fame and our faces

[@abrarahmed1888]

When one considers that the Swordsman would have been commissioned and would have commenced his journey whilst the show trial was in session the outcome of the trial was a foregone conclusion

[@KathyBayne]

I often think Anne played hard to get thinking Henry would eventually get bored of the game and leave her alone.

[@CherylSonnier18]

Anne was the greatest Queen Consort and she gave birth to the best rulers and the start of a great female power and reign in British history

[@melissaclark1051]

one ruler

[@gloriaregali9090]

Gosh, read history.

[@RoseRose-bn1js]

@@gloriaregali9090 Because he's telling the truth.

[@misrosefromeverywhere3673]

Yup that’s true

[@ameliebarker3634]

No, Catherine was the greatest Queen Consort. She defended England by fighting a war with Scotland while Henry was away. Without her, Henry wouldn't have a throne, Anne would never have been queen and Elizabeth would never have been born.

[@totomei1033]

She didn’t weep on the scaffold and there were thousands in attendance. Primary sources all agree that she was brave.

[@isidroguevara4120]

She may not have cried but she was very nervous. Anyone would be. She kept turning her head as if awaiting something (other than the sword).

[@AmethystEyes]

And Jane Seymour walked over that blood joyfully to marry Henry. She was not innocent either.

[@maisiewilson9103]

yeee

[@moniquelucas5862]

Thanks for pointing it out. I recently read Alison Weir's excellent biography, Jane Seymor was not the meek and peace loving saint Tv portrayals and shows alike make her to be. Jane fully knew what she was doing and whispered nasty tales into the Kings ear about Anne, whether this was at the behest if her family or Anne's enemies, or to fufill her own agenda and honestly i wouldnt put it past her she was not without ruthlessness and ambition but she was far more subtle about the whole debacle than Anne ever was.

[@moniquelucas5862]

While Jane is widely credited to have Mary restored to favour, it was because it was part if the deal, poor Elizabeth was completely ignored and neglected to the point where her governess, Lady Bryan was begging for new clothes as she had 'neither kirtle nor cloak nor petticoat'. She was invited to court for special occasions, but largely ignored and disregared out of sight. Admittedly Anne Boleyn was no better with the cruel way with which Catherine and Mary were treated, but I agree non of the wives were completely innocent, Expect Catherine of Aragon amd Anne of Cleves i suppose.

[@ketreenawilliams1320]

I love Jonathan R. Myers version of Henry on the Tudors

[@maridevipam1554]

But he did not present the historical Henry with giant build

[@Ellen_sanyang]

Me too

[@rose-marieclarke6206]

So very scary for Anne and all the men that were implicated in this did Henry really believe it or was it a means to an end?

[@mariafury1047]

It was a means to an end. After supposedly loving her and waiting to marry her for all those years, he barely gave her three years to provide him with a living son. Henry was fickle in the extreme. He could convince himself to fall in and out of love to suit his own desires. A son was all he wanted and needed and whatever he had to do to achieve that, he did.

[@beepboop9464]

@@mariafury1047 Ironic that one of England's greatest rulers was his daughter.

[@xxxxxx5062]

No, it was a means to an end. Henry was the one who asked cromwell to make up the false charges. he was the one who wanted her gone

[@xxxxxx5062]

@@mariafury1047 that's very true, but i wonder if he ever even loved her in the first place. who knows

[@dbcoco]

@@xxxxxx5062 i think his understanding of love was sort of fickle.. he got very intense in the beginning, hopeful ecstasy maybe, but then got over his love and interest... once an idea was implanted in his thoughts, he couldnt get rid of it..

[@giana9304]

"I'm that Boleyn girl and I'm up next, see I broke England from the church yeah I'm that sexy, why did I lose my head? Well, my skin may be green but my lipsticks red" Six the musical and this taught me what I needed to pass my social test.

[@owlpaw8022]

Jane Seymour the only one he truly loved Rude. When my son was newly born I died but I’m not what seem or am I sick around and you’ll suddenly Seymoure

[@maisiewilson9103]

@@owlpaw8022 how ru on yt then commenting probably im v. dumb

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@@maisiewilson9103 on

[@xxxxxx5062]

I don't believe that this is what happened. I believe Henry was the one who asked Cromwell to make up the accusations because he no longer had feelings for Anne and wanted to be rid of her. All evidence points to that. I don't believe for a second that Henry was clueless and actually believed it.

[@sliverscreencritic]

I don't think Henry believed it either. If he did, I don't see why Henry would have been "merciful enough" to have a Frenchman with a sword do Anne's execution otherwise. I think Cromwell proposed the idea to Henry and he just agreed to let Cromwell do it.

[@user-hu5iw4lb4x]

I think you’re right. Think how calculating and evil that is , monstrous man , think how humiliating that trial would have been , he might have been insane

[@scarlet2457]

I feel like anne didn't really did those crimes they are just making up story so that they could get her out of the way because she can't give henry a son....

[@ebenezermarley]

Is Henry played by Bradley from "Eastenders" Charlie Clements I think?

[@199019852007]

Correct

[@CocoCece08]

Really? I loved that show!

[@deb-1558]

Thought it was

[@AmandaSmith-dl3gv]

This is so historically inaccurate. The charges against her were false because he was angry that she did give him a son and lost interest in her. He then had his eye on Jane Seymour. This sickens me.

[@roradye]

Wow they really made Cromwell kinda cute in this one

[@maureen5132]

Anne promised Henry sons and she failed, but Anne couldn't change from being mistress to Queen and learn to look the other way she believed she had the same power as a mistress but it wasn't adultery that sentenced Anne to death it was "if aught happened to the King, you would look for dead men's shoes" an innocent remark that was used to accuse her of high treason and the sentence for treason was death.

[@tollymonk7127]

Henry VIII Is A Evil Villain

[@isidroguevara4120]

Anne was still rather young when she died, around 28 years of age. She could still have given Henry more children at least for the next five years. Her death seems very sinister indeed if she still had a few more years left of child-bearing. Something doesn't add up quite right...

[@jpman9795]

All she had to do in order to pull it off was to give him a son or two right off the bat and she would have cemented her place as the queen of England for the rest of her days. Turns out she did produce the future and greatest ruler England ever had. Unfortunately it cost her everything..including her head!

[@rosalindparker661]

Anne was 35 when she died

[@MissMarquise]

@@jpman9795 She would never be a queen of England, only ever a queen consort.

[@brontewcat]

We don’t know her age, but most historians think she was born in 1501. Thus she was in her mid 30s, and almost middle aged in Tudor terms. It was her third pregnancy when she lost the child in Jan 1536, so Henry thought he was being punished again, and he wouldn’t have a son with her.

[@isidroguevara4120]

@@brontewcat Henry didn't doubt her fertility (nor did the people around her), that's why I think she was younger than initially thought.

[@Plysdyret1]

My birthday is May 19th, the same date Anne was beheaded! :)

[@crystalfrost5566]

mines May 18th

[@maisiewilson9103]

my sisters is 23rd march the day we went in to lockdown for uk:)

[@lo_xvie8160]

@@crystalfrost5566 mine too

[@annacat8797]

Wait- my b-day is also March 19th

[@theraven6843]

My husbands too. It gave him the shivers when i told him lately 😂

[@stephengibson4823]

Hindsight is a great thing. So easy to look at the people and forget the politics and power struggles at that time. The creation of Dynasties were an obsession with most rulers.

[@Witchofthewoods.]

Poor Anne. 😭 This breaks my heart to this day 💔

[@moons4363]

The actor portraying king Henry is Bradley from eastenders 😅😅

[@maisiewilson9103]

looooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllll #

[@borleyboo5613]

Norris wasn’t the King’s oldest and closest friend. His oldest friend was Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk who married Henry’s sister, Princess Mary, Queen dowager of France.

[@jessicamorton6081]

She was innocent He just wanted to get rid of her and marry another Anne though had the last laugh Elizabeth was the best monarch ever to live

[@CocoCece08]

She wished the King's DEATH. She's not innocent.

[@CocoCece08]

So... he married a pregnant Anne Boleyn? So, who was the dad?

[@reb-px5gg]

He was the dad. They had slept together before the wedding.

[@isidroguevara4120]

They were first engaged around November of 1532 and consummated their relationship around that same time (people back then placed the emphasis that an engagement is the same as marriage) . They were officially married on January 1533.

[@Rat_Queen86]

He was!

[@josejornhelbartolano9027]

The Bible said..thou shalt not curse the king in thy thought cause there is a bird that will carry the message

[@CocoCece08]

Also, another wise saying... don't say anything you don't mean. Anne basically imagined Henry Vick's death. In front of witnesses?! VERY bad idea.

[@AzurePearl1996]

When the prosecutor said that Anne's "only natural brother, George Boleyn, to violate her..." she just gave that WTF expression. Those charges were trumped up indeed.

[@NM0047]

Many - Anne was so clam and did not deserve that, but she created the rift and Henry wanted her punished.

[@CocoCece08]

Fun fact: Anne could have had a son if she didn't have that miscarriage on the same day of Catherine of Aragon's funeral. Anne was already on thin ice.

[@jennifermoriarty2188]

Supposedly she was Rh neg and Henry was Kell positive

[@samanthakelly718]

Yeesh that king was a nightmare. His wives deserved better than him.

[@chykim1]

Yes, they were merry together for like what? Two years?? He spent more time wowing her, then staying married to her.

[@nomdeplume2213]

Henry not even showing up to her beheading is such a wussy move... he couldn't even give her that atleast?!?! What a pathetic little man

[@theraven6843]

A king never went to executions.

[@laciwilkes6702]

Why were Anne's other pregnancies not discussed in this video?

[@lilina_who]

The original episode is over 40 minutes long. This is just a summary with different excerpts from said episode. I wish the full episode, as the other ones too, were available online.

[@Louis-bh4xb]

They’ll never take my power

[@keepitsimple4629]

That royal baby really gets around. It was used as Jane Seymour's baby too in another episode.

[@katies8102]

I've just found out I am related to Henry Norris. He is my 14th Great Grandfather. I'm a Historian, so I already knew his name... but to be related. How amazing.

[@Smog.hater.420]

That man is 500x better looking than actual king henry

[@mehhandle]

Actually, it's been recorded that Henry was handsome when he was younger. It wasn't until after he was injured from being thrown of horse that he started to put on weight and become the overweight man we know today.

[@MadeleineConsollaJǒswik.692]

I don’t like Cromwell Anne is INOCENT!!!!! like if you agree

[@josejornhelbartolano9027]

Therefore it does not mean if you are a queen you can think whatever you want and speak and act not accordingly to the law of the King

[@BrendaBaBoom]

GOSSIP back then often became a deadly endeavor.

[@oonaghreid3789]

Henry may have had a boy with Anne Boleyn's sister and that boy survive into adulthood.

[@acreagefuneral3357]

A bastardized son doesn't count 👦

[@lamesha5667]

I believe henry just wanted a son, not a daughter and I also believe he was a evil king. I also didn't like the way he treated his wives.

[@syrenityturnage5848]

He wanted a son so he could ensure his dynasty would continue

[@gigpepe8348]

She had it coming😌…..My mother lost title of queen and well me lost that title of princess

[@kyuu12345]

the king went through 5 queens in 14 years.

[@franm.8343]

I believe it was written by a foreign visitor to Henry's court that Anne's hair was raven black.

[@shravanaragula4877]

Forget Elizabeth before her Mary was the one who established England as we know it today

[@britchick6436]

I think the guy playing Henry is the guy who played Bradly Branning in Eastenders.

[@scottishqueen3140]

Is Henry the 8th Bradley Brennan from EastEnders ?😂

[@ilovecorpsehusband2330]

My father did not like a daughter he wanted a son. Poor Edward died young. I was a queen and so was Elizabeth.

[@bubbybets9336]

nina?

[@theoriginaltoba]

1:26 The secret ceremony was on the 14th of December 1532, when Anne was pregnant, not the 25th of January 1533.

[@pinkfloyd9622]

Yet I’m curious why he spared his ex queen. She didn’t produced an air to the throne. She only had Mary.

[@deborahhall6191]

Catherine had powerful family connections.

[@mpb3481]

Catherine of Aragon was no English commoner like Anne. She was a princess of Spain, the daughter of two powerful monarchs - Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. If Henry had executed Catherine, he would have embroiled England in a war with Spain and possibly the Holy Roman Empire whose ruler was her nephew Charles V and likely ostracized by the other European rulers of the time as well.

[@lissette3549]

Catherine also had more than one child. Mary was the only one to survive into adulthood.

[@JenniferA.Minnear-Salaza-jb4qf]

Both sisters are lending DNA back and forth. But the best is not always the King's wife.

[@amandajanemcguire-jones6203]

The person that plays Henry VIII - he was Bradley Branning in EastEnders. The actor Charlie Celements

[@amandagibson3314]

Does anyone else not see that king Henry vlll was a woman killer he had more queens beheaded than any other king . This is just so sad headed her for false accusations Anne was innocent and he knew it

[@RoseRose-bn1js]

Love Queen Anne Boleyn

[@harivishnu2949]

this series name anyone ?

[@valentinasuarezsanchez180]

Era tan difícil que en The Tudors usaran este vestuario??

[@nallelyibarra6939]

Les faltó

[@barriobaby5760]

Loyalty is royalty

[@ciaranmurren]

Why isnt this on My5?

[@shyhand1]

King Henry the 8th in regard as one of the greatest Kings but this guy was a monster

[@toastiboi7618]

he may have been THE most important king in english history

[@mehhandle]

Don't mind me, I'm just here for everyones Wikipedia copy and paste historical facts in the comments section, being passed of as there own.

[@matthewlapper5346]

How can I watch it

[@josejornhelbartolano9027]

Evil is eliminated in the society

[@shardehiller6967]

Treason could be anything the king wanted it to be

[@darkness.cos2708]

A Blindfold? Really? It is said the Swordsman of Calais ordered someone to bring him his sword while he already snook up behind her with his blade by taking of his shoes so her Majesty wouldn't hear him approaching nor see the blade coming since she instinctively turned in the direction she thought the sword to be...no blindfold

[@venomshadowzzz2556]

Dan jones !!!!! Where can I find this full video !?😩💙

[@jeanmarcwatson]

He was the absolute worst of the English Kings. An absolute PoS.

[@hiiimaunicorn]

Her husband was the problem not her

[@Sabrinajaine]

Guessing there wasn't much budget for any extras in the crowd at the end

[@Rat_Queen86]

Really? No ones going to say it? I will then- hi Bradley!!! I knew I recognised Henry

[@maridevipam1554]

Anne would have lead a normal and loved life if Henry did not force her into marriage

[@angrykoala1516]

He didn't force her into marriage. Anne had her ambitions. She wanted to be Queen. She may not have deserved to die but she still did some bad things and wasn't completely innocent.

[@maridevipam1554]

@@angrykoala1516 based on this .. Anne was forced into marriage .. she had a lover ... but yes .. after Henry fall for her .. like any other women she was selfish to own him ..

[@LadiiMafia]

It's Hard to feel bad for her. Like did she not see how he treated Mary's mother. When it comes to men, Some people are just hard head unfortunately she had to lose her head over it

[@abdullahimohamedmohamud9248]

I would like to see 👀 more please 🙏

[@rachelmelvin4983]

I think that it's cruel thing to do beheading anne boleyn!

[@fearless144]

Who's the name of actress who protrays Anne Boleyn.

[@justinwakeling2966]

It was Elizabeth 1st who would reign for over 40 years

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

dude, this is sad

[@francessweeney2308]

When Anne went to the scaffold,she received a royal execution; the scaffold was covered in purple cloth, she had a cushion to protect her knees and there was a long bow chest to put her body in. Because Catherine Howard was stripped of her queen ship, she had to kneel on straw, take her chances with the axe, she wrapped in black cloth and buried in the ground . Anne was never relieved of her title, therefore she received the privileges she did. The French swordsman meant it was done very quickly once she was kneeling and blindfolded. The executioner didn't dress in a mask, but dressed in the traditional clothing that didn't mark him out, and kept the sword hidden until everything was ready.

[@jennifermoriarty2188]

Howard was guilty and everyone knew Ann was innocent ..so Henry gave her mercy killing

[@justinwakeling2966]

This scandal i find dubious i cant imagine Anne would say such a thing ( Henry turned on Anne after she had a second miscarriage)

[@anneyjoseph9792]

It was an unwritten custom for noble women not to scream during labour.

[@padmamohankumar2668]

Absolute cruelty

[@aanwar3834]

If she was involve 1 or 2 men. I think, it was not guilty, because lack of evidences, but 5 men, I believe, she made a serious crime some where against king.

[@Manasses1961]

Just like Charles and Dianne, Divorce wasn't enough. So let's go the extra mile. What is disappointing is Lord Spencers and Prince Williams Silence.

[@user-hu5iw4lb4x]

You know what you’re talking about, thanks for posting , insightful

[@barbaraerlinger5487]

Executioners are always in masks so they can live ordinary lives, plus not get attacked for who they execute and Anne was never blindfolded.

[@mehhandle]

Depends which account you read, some say she did, some don't mention a blindfold. However, many of the accounts can't even agree on what colour her clock was.

[@tesssanders7993]

You don't know any of that, it's speculation that she was innocent. So much was destroyed afterwards and it's always a possibility that Elizabeth I helped "polish" her mother's dark reputation. During Anne's lifetime she had a very bad reputation, she was very narcissistic and did not care what people thought of her. Reminds me a lot of recent royalty a certain Duchess.

[@teresacastillo1783]

Because she only had girls only catherine had a boy she escape she was engage she read him the bible verses

[@khinlayyu3202]

six musical anyone?

[@ihateyouall4641]

After what both of them did to Catherine I don’t feel guilty/bad for her.

[@justinwakeling2966]

Jane seymors motto was honor & obey no wonder