Mya Elise said:

Katherine #1: Was the marriage to Arthur consummated, if not, then why did you stick to it for so long?

I'm not sure I understand this question. Why did she stick to the marriage? (divorce was wrong) Or why did she stick to the 'story' that it wasn't consummated? (because it wasn't?) Or did you mean if it was consummated, why did she lie?

Impish_Impulse said:

Mya Elise said:

Katherine #1: Was the marriage to Arthur consummated, if not, then why did you stick to it for so long?

I'm not sure I understand this question. Why did she stick to the marriage? (divorce was wrong) Or why did she stick to the 'story' that it wasn't consummated? (because it wasn't?) Or did you mean if it was consummated, why did she lie?

The last one is what I meant.. If it was consummated then why lie for so long? This is one of the biggest things that bothers me because I can ever decide whether I believe her or not and of course I want to believe her but theres still a 50/50 chance she did lie and the marriage was consumated. But that's just my opinion.

No, I think that theory about Elizabeth may be true. She was a survivor, that's for sure! I had a mean 1st grade teacher and my response was to suck up big time. I made sure she had no idea I was afraid of her. And Sharon has a point, too. Being the “lion's cub” was her claim to the throne.

I think I would ask Anne if she had any regrets.  Did she regret getting involved with Henry?  Did she regret Elizabeth being a girl?  Did she regret her treatment of Mary?  Did she regret how things turned out for her?

See this is why just one question of Anne wouldn't do…LOL there are too many questions!

This one is always going to be a tough one to answer. Whatever questions we could ask her would only open up yet another can of worms.. I think Bella makes a good point. Did Anne regret anything?

 Did Anne actually regret getting involved with Henry?

 I think she knew that by sacrificing her own life Elizabeth would have been spared, but did she have the foresight to know that by giving her life Elizabeth would rule and build an England to be proud of?

Mya Elise (Beautiful name by the way) Makes a good point, One Question just isn't enough. We all have different opinions to the why's and wherefore's of Anne actions and her death. So we could never really ask just one question and understand why Anne did such and such.

It would be nice though to know her side of the story, as Henry made sure that every bit of blame lay on her shoulders and did his best to blacken her name thoughout history. He even blamed her for the bad harvests of 35/36 I believe, and he certainly blamed her for the death of Henry Fitzroy. Anne also got the blame, partially for the death of Catherine of Aragon, and for Mary's illnesses, when Anne was Queen. Mary must have wanted to believe that too as once when Mary and Elizabeth were having one of their cat fights over the matter of religion and Elizabeth's non attendence at Mass, Mary pointed out that her Mother had died because Elizabeth's mother was a witch and cast a spell on her to make her heart go black or something like that anyway..

By ordering Anne's execution, Henry has made Anne's name immortal. Did he know this would happen? I know Anne was rarely if at all mentioned, after her death at court. Maybe only in sneering remarks, something like “oh there goes Elizabeth her mother Anne was a witch and wh*re.”, And Elizabeth herself only made very slight references to her when she became Queen, although I believe she did carry a minature of her mother with her always, and that was only discovered when she died, everyone knew she carried the locket, but they thought it contained a picture of Robert Dudley, and were surprized to learn when they opened it that it was her mother's portrait in it all along. So Elizabeth herself must have loved her mother even though she wan't quite 3 when her mother was executed. Perhaps Cat Ashley was the reason Elizabeth never forgot her mother, and certainly Elizabeth knew a lot of Anne's kinsmen..

Which brings me to another Question.. Did Elizabeth have a relationship, with Thomas and Elizabeth Boleyn, her grandparents? Hmm interesting thought that one? 

Mya Elise said:

Well, with all the Anne fans in the world maybe every question for Anne would be answered!

I don’t think Elizabeth really got to know her grandparents considering they died just 3? years after Anne did. Plus Anne hardly saw Elizabeth so Thomas and ElizabethB probably saw her less than that. I also wonder if Mary ever saw Elizabeth again after the whole banning from court incident and after Anne’s death. It’s kind of sad that Elizabeth was deprived from seeing all of her family but it’s nice that she did have relationships with Mary’s children when she was Queen.

Good point Mya, to be honest Mary Boleyn completely slipped my mind. I think it's possible that Elizabeth may have had some contact with Mary, but as Mary died when Elizabeth was only 9, it's difficult to actually pinpoint how much and how often that contact was. From Elizabeth's behaviour towards her cousin's in her reign shows that it was cordial and freindly, although Lettice did rather upset the apple cart in marrying Robert Dudley.But even before their grand falling out Lettice was extremely close to Elizabeth.. Was her mother Catherine as close? Certainly Henry Carey Mary's alleged son by Henry, therefore possible half brother to Elizabeth certainly did well for himself in Elizabeth reign and died in 1598? I think Elizabeth did mourn his death as he was the last connection so to speak to her mother, as his mother would have told all the childhood things that she and Anne did up until Mary's first marriage.

The question of Thom and Liz Boleyn's relationship with Elizabeth is probably one will never know, it's possible that like their daughter Anne they just pretended Elizabeth didn't exist..Perhaps they felt it was better that way as they narrowly escaped with their own heads and fortune intact, and if they made a big song and dance about Elizabeth they could have possibly had an appointment with the headsman on the morrow, so to speak.. Bit cruel though if you think about it after it wasn't Elizabeth's fault that Anne died so it seems to me at least that Thom and Liz were blaming her for it..

Boleyn said:

The question of Thom and Liz Boleyn's relationship with Elizabeth is probably one will never know, it's possible that like their daughter Anne they just pretended Elizabeth didn't exist. *snip* Bit cruel though if you think about it after it wasn't Elizabeth's fault that Anne died so it seems to me at least that Thom and Liz were blaming her for it.

OK, I just went back and deleted a bunch, because at first I thought you were saying that Anne pretended Elizabeth didn’t exist and I was just flabbergasted. I think you are saying that Anne’s parents pretended Elizabeth didn’t exist, as they pretended Anne didn’t exist. But I think that’s wrong, as well.

There’s no evidence Elizabeth Boleyn pretended her daughter didn’t exist. Thomas? He may have realized there was no saving Anne and George, but I do think it was cold of him to carry on serving Henry for the few years he had left. Elizabeth didn’t really have any rights here and may have been kept from Anne and George, either by Henry or her husband. Anne is alleged to have exclaimed upon being taken to the Tower, “My poor mother will die of grief!” That doesn’t sound like Anne thought her mother was pretending she didn’t exist.

I don’t think Thomas and Elizabeth Boleyn ignored their grandchild, either. For one thing, there was no such thing as grandparent’s rights and it was strictly Henry’s decision as to if and when they could visit. And as far as that goes, there’s no evidence they didn’t visit her occasionally. But as Elizabeth was officially Henry’s bastard daughter from the time of Anne’s downfall until after her grandparents’ deaths, she probably wasn’t considered important enough for them to record the comings and goings of her visitors.