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Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History
  

 “ Henry VIII’s first gift to Anne Boleyn was a gold and enamel ‘pendant in the form of a pistol, chased with scrolling foliage’. The whistles were designed like pieces of jewellery and used to summon servants and hounds.”

 In his first known written letter to her, he calls himself her “most loyal servant. In the remainder of the Vatican letters, he refers to himself as her ‘servant’ nine more times.

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