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What do you think Anne Boleyn’s accent was likely to be?

Not something I’ve done much reading on, so I’m going to quote my friend here:

“The 16th century French accent was very close to current Canadian French. It’s reinforced by the way Mantel has her saying “Cromwell” with a French accent. “Cremuel” is Cromwell with a French Canadian accent.” – @towyns

There’s also a thread on this at AB Files.

Her potential birthdate could influence how strong her French accent was, also. If she was around 12 when she left to serve Margaret of Austria, her English accent was probably very strong and firmly-set (meaning, even if she learned and became fluent in French, she would still speak English as she had, without a French accent). If she was born in 1507, her French accent would be strong because she spent earlier formative years there, and had only been fluent in her own native tongue for a few years.

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Betty Who > Robyn

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JRM’s Henry > Richard Burton’s Henry

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Elizabeth women’s fashion > Henrician women’s fashion

Do you think Robert Dudley actually cared for Elizabeth?

Oh, 100%.

I’m not going to give specific examples that lead me to believe this, as I don’t know of any off-hand (or I do, but articulation is something else), but the big thing to me the confirms that he did is that Elizabeth – someone incredibly suspicious and wary by nature– was so close to him, and did trust him implicitly. To me that says a lot.

Do you think Elizabeth and Robert Dudley had a sexual relationship or do you believe they were just close friends?

Hmm I mean I think…. even if they never consummated their relationship, that they were still never ~just close friends if you feel me…….

Who can never be sure; I feel like they probably at least…got up to some sort of shenanigans, maybe not anything that would risk pregnancy but…other things? Perhaps?

I always get a Feeling about Kenilworth. Like if it ever happened I think that would have been The Time, especially considering that she…left earlier than expected to in this visit has also struck me as…inchresting.

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