Today is the 475th anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution on the 19th May 1536. I will be at the Tower of London paying my respects at Anne Boleyn’s memorial tile, and that of her brother, in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula and also to the men who died at the scaffold site on Tower Hill. I will be leaving flowers in memory of Anne Boleyn, from all of us at The Anne Boleyn Files, and thinking of her as I walk around the Tower and walk on the parade ground between the Waterloo Barracks and the White Tower, the place where she was actually beheaded. I’m sure I will find it just as moving as I did last year and I will feel very blessed remembering this day with other Anne Boleyn fans.
Are you commemorating this anniversary in a special way? What are you doing to remember Queen Anne Boleyn? Please comment and let us all know.
Here is a picture which Anne Boleyn fan, Danielle, sent me in commemoration of today:-
Another Anne Boleyn Files visitor, Joanna Sudbury, sent me the following wonderful poem she wrote about Anne Boleyn:-
“For no other neck fairer than hers
a figure of a passionate woman
for who would want to take this pride
a lust to marry this bride
A fashion new woman
to take the palm of his hand
for she takes it rarely
for she is confided to a man named Henry
A love and passion no drum could beat
a wound not even Casanova could treat
hand in hand is there praise of love
for he believes god will send a son from above
Time will take the role of her
a disappointment of a girl to take the heir
for there is hope for another baring
for no birth only burring
For no other neck fairer than hers
the love and lust is now of time
for she now walks to her death
her bravery and compassion is all that is left
A Queen that was the most happy
for she leaves her only victory
the girl she loved and birthed
her name was Elizabeth”
Thanks Joanna!
