THAT JE NE SAIS QUOI Fluent in French and, it seems, the language of love, Anne had a certain continental allure that drove England’s eligible (and not-so eligible) gents wild
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THE SCANDALOUS TUDOR QUEEN ANNE BOLEYN
Hoping to catch sight of Anne Boleyn on the morning of Friday 19 May 1536, was a small crowd that had gathered at the Tower of London’s Tower Green. Yet these onlookers – among them some of the most powerful men in the country – had not congregated to acclaim England’s Queen or bask in the glow of her reflected majesty. No, they had come to watch her die.