@septemberfalconer Oh, I do remember that now…and yeah, that was definitely my impression as well.
After discussing Anne’s execution Worsley said she was “a bit too exciting for her own good”.
Hottest take of all time…..Anne clearly excited Henry into signing her death warrant. She should’ve known to keep him calm, obviously 
Too bad she just…didn’t…know…better.
Actually now that I think of it, the whole condescending “she didn’t know any better” tends to be more commonly said/implied towards Katherine Howard. Not too fond of it then, either.
Worsley focused on COA’s miscarriages, and didn’t even bother to mention Anne’s. There was screentime dedicated to Blackfriars, but none to Anne’s trial. There was screentime dedicated to COA’s last deathbed letter, but none for Anne’s execution speech.
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Hm, I don’t remember the context for it (if she was saying that has been the perception of her ever since, or if she was saying it is a declaration), but I do remember finding her take on Anne rather…anemic…and lackluster.
As far as the wives “as you’ve never seen them before” (iirc the tagline/ hook was something like that), I mean…no? Not really? I definitely didn’t watch it feeling like “I’ve never seen them presented in this way before!” There weren’t really any dimensions added, imo.
Anne Boleyn had been sent off to the countryside to get her out of the way, because Henry needed to convince everybody that his reason for wanting to end his marriage was nothing to do with her at all. Katherine knew otherwise, and the Queen insisted on giving evidence in person, in open court.
I mean……it didn’t have nothing to do with Anne, but this implies it also had nothing to do with anything else. That there had been a female heir to the English throne in the last 350 years, or that there had been one that was able to keep their throne…ever.
This is marketed with the title “Secrets of the Six Wives” too and like…what were the secrets, exactly? I didn’t learn anything I hadn’t already known before.
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