If Anne had lived etc I doubt she would have lived long enough to enjoy her freedom so to speak. There is a rumour that Henry offered her way out, basically it was give up all rights and titles including those of Elizabeth and go abroad with her. I think if that was said she would have seen sraight through it for what it was, in short a murder plot. Because if she had gone abroad with Elizabeth 3 months or maybe 6 months down the line the would suddenly develop a fatal disease such as meeting with Henry’s assassins and no one will ever know, they would simply disaapear off the face of the earth, without a trace.. it would be Anne? Anne who?
Anne knew that in order to save Elizabeth inheritence and her life, that she would have to sacrifice her own life. Anne is my heroine, a woman of tremendous courage, she took on a lion and won.. She lost her life in the struggle, but she gave us all the greatest gift she could give us, Elizabeth.
She was a forward thinking free spirit. Vivat Anne I say…

Anyanka…your math? If Anne was born in 1501, the date I think is the one that makes sense, she would have been 35 in 1536. We don’t know how long she would have been fertile after that. Henry wasn’t going to wait and find out either. Jane was no spring chicken either. I think she was 29. (If we go by the date of 1507 for her birth date or 27 1509)

Anne was under a lot of stress almost from the time of Elizabeth birth. I feel that their relationship was on a downhill slope from the time of Elizabeth’s birth. I wonder did he have any other mistresses while he was courting Anne? Because I feel that he only really started pestering other woman for sexual favours after Elizabeth’s birth. in his mind at least I think he felt as if Anne had betrayed him, she had promised him a son but she hadn’t delivered the goods, therefore she had lied to him etc.
If she had, had a son the pressure would have still been upon to produce a spare and mabe just one more in case of some major catastophe. The miscarriage of 1536, was unfortunate, but put yourself in Anne’s shoes about what was going on in Henry’s mind at the time.. Firstly all the time KOA was alive Anne was safe, as Henry couldn’t divorse her, Catherine was in affect Anne safety blanket. Henry’s eye had already started to wander again, this time to Jane Seymour. Dr Dave believes Henry was grooming Jane to be a casual mistress and I believe that he was right, Anne’s miscarriage was the turning point on the whole kit and kaboddle there.
Althought when they heard of Catherine’s death they dressed in Bright yellow, it wasn’t actually in praise of the fact that Catherine was dead, it was in fact as a mark of respect. Yellow at that that time was the colour of royal mourning. It’s possible I suppose that Anne went a little OTT in her triumph so to speak, which has gone down in history as them celebrating that Catherine was dead.. You can understand it to a degree because all the Catholics of England still saw Mary as legal heir, because Henry had committed bigmamy, by marrying Anne when Catherine was still alive, therefore any son that Anne and Henry had would be declared a bastard and in all likely hood a civil war would have erupted, if Catherine was still alive Henry had died, no matter how many sons he had. Anne was now truly Queen of England so I guess she had a reason to be happy.
Henry’s fall I don’t think he was unconcious for 2 hours, maybe half and hour tops, brought home to Anne just how important it was for her produce a son.
Her shock at hearing Henry had been hurt in a fall was stress enough but I believe that odious cretinous jumped up poppingjay Norfolk, was rather
brutal in the way he explained it, so he may have caused her more harm then good, I guess there is no nice way of telling someone that they have been hurt but Norfolk was about as subtle as a helicopter on a tudor tennis court when he told her. Her ladies seeing her obvious upset might have summoned her Doctor who gave her a posset which contained something, which under normal circumstances would calm shatered and frayed, nerves, but in this case IMO had a very different affect and caused her to miscarry instead.. Hemlock can do that as can Tansy root.