The Queen

Caitlyn Davis, 24, American, History, I want to live in England, Tea Time, The Duchess, Marie Antionette, The Tudors, Anne Boleyn is my hero, Natalie Dormer is Queen, Emma Watson, Harry Potter, Christmas, Snow, Rustic, Jane Austin, Vintage, Pink, Books, Movies, Shopping!

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I care nothing for Catherine.

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“ I want adventure in the great wide somewhere, I want it more than I can tell “

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Be our guest.

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Beauty and the Beast (2017)

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Claire Cooper as Anne Boleyn in ‘ Six Wives with Lucy Worsley’

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“for her behaviour, manners, attire and tongue she excelled them all, for she had been brought up in France.”

historical make me choose ♦ anon asked: anne boleyn or jane seymour

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♔ Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (2016) | The Tudors (2007-2010)

“Never shall I forget the sorrow which I felt when I saw the most serene queen, your most religious mother, carrying you, still a baby, in her arms and entreating the most serene king your father, in Greenwich Palace, from the open window of which he was looking into the courtyard, when she brought you to him. I did not perfectly understand what had been going on, but the faces and gestures of the speakers plainly showed that the king was angry, although he could conceal his anger wonderfully well. Yet … it was most obvious to everyone that some deep and difficult question was being discussed.” 

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“What is it?! What has she done?!” “She is wearing purple. And purple is the color of royalty.”

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royal meme | monarchs 2/10 

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England (c. 1501-36)

“Captivating to men, Anne was also sharp, assertive, subtle, calculating, vindictive, a power dresser and a power player, perhaps a figure to be more admired than liked.” - Eric Ives

Anne Boleyn was the most controversial and scandalous woman ever to sit on the throne of England. From her early days at the imposing Hever Castle in Kent, to the glittering courts of Paris and London, Anne caused a stir wherever she went. Alluring but not beautiful, Anne’s wit and poise won her numerous admirers at the English court, and caught the roving eye of King Henry. Anne was determined to shape her own destiny, first through a secret engagement to Henry Percy, the heir of the Earl of Northumberland, and later through her insistence on marriage with the king, after a long and tempestuous relationship as his mistress. Their love affair was as extreme as it was deadly, from Henry’s ‘mine own sweetheart’ to 'cursed and poisoning whore’ her fall from grace was total. Neither saint nor seductress, victim or witch Anne Boleyn was essentially a modern woman. She saw her opportunities and took them, causing a scandal that shocked England and Europe.

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           “No English Queen has made more impact on the history of the nation                                                     than Anne Boleyn…”                                                                    ♕                                                         

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You’re never gonna love me, so what’s the use?

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Six wives, their names were tarnished by Henry’s propaganda machine. Six queens whose stories I want to re-examine

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BBC documentary series  “Six Wives with Lucy Worsley” (2016)   

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Le livre de Lancelot du Lac and other Arthurian Romances, Northern France ca. 1275-1300

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 229, fol. 100v

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