Anne Boleyn may have been an adulterer after all

Anne Boleyn was famously beheaded after her husband King Henry VIII accused her of cheating on him.

For centuries it was believed that the Tudor monarch's second wife was innocent of adultery, but new evidence shows she may have been unfaithful after all.

A poem written after her death in 1536 by a French ambassador to Henry's court names three of her supposed lovers.

Historian George Bernard believes the verse offers several clues that support the accusations against Anne and which back up remarks made in letters and other documents from the period.

"Some scholars have claimed that the very idea that a queen could have committed adultery is preposterous," said Mr Bernard.

"But if the queen's ladies were indeed aware and complicit, then it becomes easier to see how it could happen."

Of course beheading Anne for her alleged infidelity was somewhat hypocritical of Henry, who, in addition to separately marrying six women, is believed to have had a number of secret affairs with several mistresses.


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