Why did King Henry VIII have Anne Boleyn executed?

Her death is so familiar to us that it is hard to imagine how shocking it would have been: the queen of England executed on charges of adultery, incest and conspiring the king's death. read more

Anne’s guilt was a forgeone conclusion – Her household was broken up before her trial, Henry VIII told Jane Seymour before Anne’s trial that Anne would be condemned, the executioner was ordered before the trial, and the jury was a hostile one made up of Boleyn enemies or those who owed Cromwell or the King a favour. read more

Not long had there been hearsays that the King will divorce her. As events prospered, several individuals have been invited into the court to face charges of adultery to the queen. Later, those accusations were proven true. Queen Anne Boleyn was arrested and put to solitude in the Tower of London on the 2nd day of May 1536. read more

Queen Anne Boleyn is arrested A dultery, incest and treason – those were the charges levelled at Anne Boleyn, the second of Henry VIII’s six wives, upon her arrest on this day 480 years ago. read more