If so, I mean, yeah, she was definitely Queen of England (despite the fact that she was not acknowledged as such by the Vatican; even Chapuys eventually acknowledged her as such by bowing to her). I would say she was…I mean, she didn’t have the powerful relations that KOA did, or the Vatican’s acknowledgement that she was Henry’s wife and Queen, but otherwise I’d say she was nearly, or as powerful, as KOA had been? Very influential, to say the least, had the English Bible on display in her household, was referred to as “that gracious lady Queen Anne’s, the which hath the name to be as mediatrix betwixt Your Grace and high justice” in a letter to Henry by an English subject.
Too expressive of her opinions, was the opinion of some others…stood up for herself? Likely, I think she stood up for others often as well and I wish we’d seen that more, they did at least include that her confrontation with Cromwell was based on where the funds from the Dissolution were going, and that not enough were going towards charity (her ‘even Wolsey did that’ delivery made me laugh, heh); even if they didn’t include that she had interceded with Henry to pardon those involved in the Elizabeth Barton conspiracy, with the exception of the instigator of it.
when marilyn monroe said “i’ve never fooled anyone. i’ve let people fool themselves. they didn’t bother to find out who and what i was. instead they would invent a character for me. i wouldn’t argue with them. they were obviously loving somebody i wasn’t.”
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