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It's dawn in London. For the first time

in history, the Queen of England is

about to be tried for adultery and

treason. If she's found guilty, her fate

will be death.

I'm historian Tracy Borman. Over three

nights, I'm exploring the incredible

story of Anne's downfall.

Look at that. It's just exquisite.

>> It's wonderful, isn't it?

>> It all took place in the space of just

17 days.

I've studied Anne for most of my life. I

think I know her well, but I'm going to

do something that I've never done

before. I'm going to follow in Anne's

footsteps. take the journey with her

hour by hour during the three most

important days from queen to outcast to

find the truth behind her downfall.

>> That is incredible. Can I just put it in

my pocket?

>> I'm exploring exactly what went so

devastatingly wrong for Anne Berlin.

I've already investigated what happened

on the day of her arrest.

In this episode, I'll be tracing the

events of Anne Berlin's trial. Even by

the standards of its day, it was a

complete outrage.

I want to find out if she stands any

chance of a fair hearing or is her fate

sealed from the beginning.

Can Anne possibly save herself?

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It's 7:30 a.m. On Monday the 15th of May

1536,

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in an hour and a half the trial of Anne

Berlin will begin at the Tower of London

in its great hall.

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Or we can locate the great hall

precisely on this TUDA map. It would

have stood over there on the far side of

the lawn, but demolished in the 17th

century. And so sadly, we can only

imagine what it must have been like.

Today, the great hall at the Tower is

hosting the most infamous trial in TUDA,

England. instead of the banquetss and

meetings it's more used to.

Well, you can imagine the atmosphere

when everyone is gathered in the

courtroom is just electric.

This is the trial of one of the most

famous women in Europe and her dirty

laundry is about to be aired in public.

It really is the scandal of the century.

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Some of the most important men in the

kingdom are gathering, including the

architect of Anne's arrest, the king's

right-hand man, Thomas Cromwell.

Just 3 years ago, Cromwell masterminded

Henry's marriage to Anne, hoping she'd

give the king a son. But she hasn't.

Cromwell and Anne are now at loggerheads

and his relationship with the king hangs

by a thread.

Anne must go.

Anne was arrested 13 days ago.

Cromwell's ensured there's little time

before the trial. And to guarantee

things go his way, he selected the judge

and jury.

Reading a list of who's gathered here

for the trial, it's a who's who of TUDA,

England. Remarkably, presiding over the

whole thing is Anne's own uncle, the

Duke of Norfolk.

It may seem a risky move for Cromwell to

put someone so close to Anne in charge.

But Cromwell has his reasons.

5 years ago, the Duke of Norfolk

predicted that Anne would be

>> the ruin of all her family.

>> Cromwell is confident that when it comes

to the crunch, Norfolk will side with

the king.

Anne's fate will be decided by a jury of

26 peers, including her own father.

Thomas Berlin is a ruthlessly ambitious

politician. He puts his career ahead of

everything, even or especially his own

children.

Even though these men in theory are

loyal to Anne, if they don't vote the

way the king wants, their necks are

going to be on the line.

At the center of the room, on a raised

platform so all can see is a chair where

Anne will sit.

Members of the public are being allowed

to watch the trial. 2,000 have squeezed

in, desperate to know how this is going

to play out.

An is being accused of one of the most

salacious acts imaginable, punishable by

death. The stakes really couldn't be

higher.

But there is one person missing from the

trial.

Across London at York Place in Whiteall,

the king is out of bed and being dressed

by his gentlemen.

Where these buildings now stand was

Henry's Palace of Whiteall. And it's

here that he's lying low today as Anne's

trial takes place. But he's keeping a

close eye on the proceedings.

If Anne is found guilty, then a cannon

will be fired from the tower.

And if she is out of the way, then Henry

already has plans for who he's going to

marry next.

One mile down the river tempames from

Whiteall in Chelsea

is the woman who the king hopes will be

his next wife, Jane Seymour. She's

already being kept like a queen. Henry

has been obsessed by Jane for the past

few months, and the affair hasn't gone

unnoticed by Anne. There are rumors

recently that the king's been giving

Jane priceless gifts and love letters.

And on one occasion, Anne apparently

spots Jane wearing a new locket and

demands to see it more closely. When

Jane refuses and rips it from around her

neck and opens the locket to find a

picture of the king,

she is furious.

Since Anne's arrest, Jane has been kept

out of sight in the countryside. As a

lady in waiting to Anne Berlin, her

presence in court would cause gossip

that he can do without.

Yesterday, with Anne's trial drawing

nearer, Henry orders that Jane be

brought back to London to be close to

him. Now she's just a mile down river at

Chelsea, where Henry can visit her

secretly in the night. He assures Jane

that soon all this pretense will be

over.

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At the Tower of London, the court is now

assembled.

And in the great hall, the most

well-known woman in England, is set to

enter the stage.

Silence is called for. And the Duke of

Norfolk, Anne's uncle, remember, shouts

out,

>> "Gentleman, jailer of the Tower, bring

in your prisoner.

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Anne is led into the courtroom flanked

by the gentleman jailer, his ax turned

away from her because she's not yet

proven guilty. and also by four ladies.

Now, these ladies aren't of Anne's

choosing, but of Cromwell's. He's placed

them in her service to watch and record

everything she says and does.

Spectators remark that she's never

looked more in control.

Anne's composure is remarkable. Several

eyewitnesses comment on it. She doesn't

flinch, even when she looks across and

sees her own father sitting on the jury.

Everyone is in place. The trial is about

to begin. If found guilty, an could be

sentenced to death.

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The prosecution is led by Anne's arch

rival, Thomas Cromwell.

But as the trial begins, things are

already not going quite as planned.

Before Anne had come in, the crowds have

been begging for her blood. But now

she's conducting herself with such

dignity. And clearly, they weren't

expecting that.

When commoners are put on trial, they're

made to stand throughout the

proceedings. But Anne is still queen of

England, so she is allowed to sit. And

you can imagine as she lowers herself

into the chair and waits with

apprehension to hear the charges against

her

and still doesn't know what she's being

accused of.

To discover the actual charges, I've

come to the National Archives at Q.

This is where all the records that still

exist from Anne's trial are stored.

>> Well, this is very exciting.

>> These incredible papers in their

original leather pouch were kept in

what's known as the bag of secrets.

>> Oh, there actually is a bag.

>> And then you get all of the papers.

>> And Sean Cunningham looks after them.

>> In the front of the original commissions

and orders.

>> The records are written in Latin on 22

sheets of parchment. It's amazing to

think that this document would have

actually been there in the trial room at

the time.

>> That's right. It is a record of the

process as it was unfolding. So, some of

this would have been in the hands of the

people in the court at the time.

>> It makes it all chillingly real. But as

I examine the records, something isn't

right. These documents are all telling

the story from the side of the

prosecution. There's no record of Anne's

testimony. We have here a huge body of

evidence against Anne, the indictment,

eyewitness accounts. Nothing in her

defense has survived, and that surely is

significant.

The indictment that details Anne's

charges does still exist. Here the

charges are listed. Adultery with four

men,

Henry Norris,

William Breton,

Sir Francis Weston,

and Mark Smeittton.

It's telling us that she's despised her

marriage for three years and she's

>> three years. So the whole marriage

really

>> pretty much. Yes. I mean it's setting up

the adultery and relationship with her

accompllices in such a way that it

undermines the king's status and

dignity.

>> And what's the significance of the men

who are accused with an

>> all gentlemen apart from Mark Smeitten.

So these are the young men who've grown

up with Henry um or are serving Henry

and his family. And so they spend a lot

of their time in the king's direct

presence. It's really explaining how

they have been wooed by Anne's charms to

be her lovers.

The indictment alleges how Anne is

>> following daily her frail and carnal

lusts

did falsely and traitorously procure

kisses and touching of the king's daily

and familiar servants to be her

adulterers and concubines.

In court, the charges are read out to

Anne. She is accused of some 20 acts of

adultery.

So now that Anne knows what she's

accused of, how on earth must she be

feeling? Well, she's sure of her

innocence that comes across definitely.

And she's also got great faith. So

perhaps she thinks that God will deliver

her from all this because he knows she's

innocent. So he'll make sure that

justice prevails. But mingled with all

of that self-righteousness, there must

be terror,

disbelief and outrage, she must feel

like screaming.

In the courtroom, the spectators are on

the edge of their seats, listening to

these charges and waiting for Anne's

response.

But Anne is completely calm, certain of

her innocence, believing God will

intervene with a miracle to prove it. An

eyewitness describes how she seemed

unmoved. She said little, but no one to

look at her would have thought her

guilty.

Cromwell must now be growing agitated.

This isn't going the way he thought.

He'd planned it all out very carefully.

He must have thought it was a done deal.

But now he senses the atmosphere

changing and he must be terrified that

it's all going to go against him because

Anne has a hidden weapon.

She's not just the intellectual equal of

most of the men there. She's their

superior.

Anne's had the benefit of an education

abroad. Very unusual for a TUDA woman.

She stands apart in Henry's court. As

somebody who champions the role of

women, the qualities of women and her

feistiness, if we can call it that, is

what attracts Henry. He loves the fact

she's different to all the other women

in his court. Well, he loves that when

she's a mistress, but when she becomes

his wife, that's something else

entirely. And he turns against her, at

least partly for that reason.

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Anne has been accused of adultery, a

deeply serious allegation.

But then the next part of the indictment

is read out.

Anne is also accused of having a sexual

relationship with her brother George,

the crime of incest.

And the records spare no details in

describing the siblings alleged affair.

>> There's quite a lot about the carnal

contact and the lusting and the secret

associations of of Anne and her brother.

They're talking about the queen and her

brother kissing.

>> The court records claim that Anne

encouraged her brother,

>> alluring him with her tongue in the said

George's mouth and the said George's

tongue in hers with their eyes wide

open.

>> There's allegations of diabolical

sorcery,

>> witchcraft as well is flatter and lots

of carnal lust. She's presented even in

the language as someone who's not in

control of her passions.

>> To make the charge of incest stand up,

Cromwell needs to provide some proof.

The evidence for Anne's incest with her

brother is flimsy, to say the least. All

it was was the fact that Anne had

written to George telling him that she

was pregnant. Well, that was taken to

mean that the child was his. And as if

the incest wasn't devastating enough,

Cromwell also finds a way to really

twist the knife. It all gets deeply

personal because as well as the

incestuous relationship between Anne and

George, it's recorded that they laughed

at the king behind his back. They made

fun of his clothes, of his poetry. It's

deeply humiliating for Henry and it's

just another nail in Anne's coffin.

But to be sure this would stand up in

court, Cromwell needs to find someone

who can testify.

In the run-up to Anne's trial, from his

base in Austin Friars,

in the depths of the city, Cromwell's

men scoured London for juicy evidence.

What they come up with is a star

witness, someone who confirms the incest

between Anne and George. What's

remarkable about this is that the

witness is George's own wife, Lady

Roford. This is a mindblowing claim

because she's incriminating her own

husband. Why on earth would she do this?

We know that they have an unhappy

marriage.

So perhaps she's jealous of just how

close George is to his sister Anne.

Whatever the case, it's clear she's out

to get George and to bring an down with

him.

In the courtroom, Anne is still

insisting on her innocence and fighting

off the evidence brought against her.

The atmosphere in the room begins to

change as Anne defends herself against

the charges. This is the woman who's the

scandal of Christrysendom, called the

great and the concubine. And yet,

she's conducting herself with such

wisdom and discretion that people are

beginning to sympathize with her.

It looks like it's going to go her way.

Is it possible she will be found

not guilty?

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Anne Berlin, Queen of England and second

wife of Henry VIII, is accused of

adultery and incest. At the start of her

trial, she appears to be a dead woman

walking. But now the atmosphere in the

courtroom is starting to change. Even

her most bitter enemies are impressed by

her robust defense. Can she turn it all

around?

The men Anne has been accused of

adultery with are her husband's most

trusted and intimate courtier, Henry

Norris, along with William Breton and

Sir Francis Weston, all members of the

king's inner circle.

Worse still, it's claimed she committed

incest with her brother George Berlin.

But Mark Smeen, the fifth man accused,

is of a much lower status. He's a simple

court musician.

15 days ago at Thomas Cromwell's house

in Austin Friars, Smeen was interrogated

for 24 hours.

All of the other men grilled by Cromwell

have totally denied the charges, but

Smean doesn't. He cracks. He claims that

Anne singles him out for special

attention.

He says that one morning as she lay in

bed, she summoned him to play music so

her ladies could dance. As she watched

him, she decided to seduce him. Mark

admits to making love to the queen on

three occasions.

But was this true or was Mark Smeen

attempting to save himself?

A servant witnesses the horror of

Smean's interrogation and cast doubt on

his confession.

The account reads as follows. Then he

called two stout young fellows of his

>> and asked for a rope and a cudgel and

ordered them to put the rope which was

full of knots around Mark's head and

twisted it with the cudel until Mark

cried out sir secretary no more. I will

tell the truth.

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In TUDA times, torture could be used as

a way of getting people to admit guilt,

but it couldn't be used on members of

the nobility, only commoners like Mark

Smeen. I think it's no coincidence that

he's the only one to confess.

There is one admission in particular by

Smean that is hard to believe.

It tells of the extraordinary lengths

Anne would go to in order to get smitten

into her bed. The problem is as queen,

Anne has very little privacy. She's

always surrounded by her ladies. So, she

has to come up with a cunning plan. And

it involves her most trusted lady,

Margaret, whose bedroom lies right next

to Anne's. And it's also used to store

dried fruits, sweet meats, and

marmalade.

According to Smeen's confession,

Margaret hides him behind a curtain

until the coast is clear. Then Anne

supposedly calls, "Bring me a little

marmalade."

loud enough for any eavesdroppers to

hear. Margaret leads Mark into Anne's

bed chamber and supposedly says, "Here

is the marmalade, my lady.

Anne tells her she may leave. And well,

you can use your imagination for what

happens next.

It's interesting to reflect on the

likelihood of these charges because it's

almost certain that Anne did flirt with

the men at court, but then she'd been

schooled in the art of what's known as

courtly love. This is when a knight can

court a woman far above him in status.

He can wear her colors at a tournament,

compose songs or poems, or even pursue

her. But always the woman stays just out

of reach. Although in reality this

behavior did lead to sexual liaison.

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But an is queen of England. After all,

she's hardly ever alone, always

surrounded by her ladies. She'd have had

to have taken a huge risk to conduct an

affair in secret.

There's also the fact that Anne is a

woman not lacking in self-control. She'd

kept Henry at bay for seven long years.

Would she really lack the discipline to

stay faithful to him? Now,

while all the charges of sexual liaison,

even incest, might make Anne look like a

scheming and lustful woman, would there

be enough to get rid of her completely?

Adultery was usually a crime for the

church courts that would have seen the

guilty woman exiled to a convent. But

Henry wanted Anne gone.

permanently.

>> So adultery wouldn't have been enough on

its own to end Anne's life.

>> It would have made Henry very cross and

it made him look incompetent to the

nation, which obviously he doesn't want

to do, but something more more formal

and damaging has to be the final charge.

To ensure that Anne was disposed of

forever,

Cromwell had to engineer a charge that

was far more serious. And he cooked up

the most serious charge of all. That

Anne had been plotting the death of the

king, an act of high treason.

Henry is a very paranoid king by this

time. So it would be easy to convince

him that there's a plot a foot from

amongst his gentlemen.

In the courtroom,

Cromwell plays his trump card. He

declares his discovery that Anne has

plotted the death of the king.

and he claims to have evidence from one

of the men Anne is accused of sleeping

with,

Henry Norris.

Apparently, a couple of weeks before,

Anne had quarreled with Henry Norris.

She'd asked him why he hadn't yet

proposed to her cousin, Lady Shelton,

and he'd replied that he was going to

wait and see, which Anne took to mean

that he was going to wait and hope to

marry her instead.

In court, written testimony from William

Kingston, the constable of the tower,

says that when Henry Norris told Anne he

was waiting, she said, "You look for

dead men's shoes. If all should come to

the king, but good, you would look to

have me." Well, this might all sound

very flimsy and inconsequential, but the

implication here is that it's just a

short step for an from contemplating her

husband's death to actually plotting it.

Cromwell has pulled off a master stroke.

Treason is as serious as it gets. It's

the ultimate crime and it's punishable

only by death.

Even as Anne Berlin sits calmly

listening to the evidence against her,

she's aware that her fate doesn't just

rest on the trial today.

3 days ago, there was another trial.

this time across London at Westminster

Hall, right in the heart of government.

Its outcome would profoundly affect

Anne's situation.

Being judged are four of the five men

she's accused of having affairs with.

Henry Norris,

William Breton,

Sir Francis Weston,

and Mark Smeittton.

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Ensuring the Queen is convicted rests on

finding these men guilty.

The men were brought here by barge from

the tower to Westminster Hall. Well,

today it's part of the Houses of

Parliament, but then it was one of the

most important law courts in the

kingdom.

There are no surviving official records

of the trial, only eyewitness accounts.

Well, you have to imagine that this

ancient hall is crowded with people

lining the walls on either side,

courtiers, the jewelry of course, and

the men are led into the center where

they stand. You can imagine them gazing

nervously around and their hearts must

have sank as they saw all those hostile

faces staring at them.

The men stand to hear the charges.

We have here a record of the attainer

that's read out against the men and it

says they had violated

>> and had cardinal knowledge of the said

queen each person at different times.

>> Like the queen, they have no witnesses

testifying for them. They are only

allowed to declare their guilt or their

innocence.

They all say not guilty except one.

Mark Smeen confesses

that he had quote carnal knowledge of

the queen three times.

The Lord Chancellor then reads out the

sentence.

They are to be publicly hanged, drawn,

and quartered.

Their members cut off

and burnt before them.

Their executions are postponed until

after the verdict of Anne's trial.

Instead, they are returned to the Tower

of London to await their fate.

There are no records as to where the

condemned men are locked up within the

tower, but I believe there are some

clues etched into the ancient stonework.

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As a historian and curator, I spend a

lot of time in historic buildings, grand

state rooms, examining archives and the

like. But this gives me an absolute

thrill because graffiti like this gives

you an insight into the past like none

other. It really does feel like you're

almost touching history. This was left

behind quite possibly by the very men

who are accused of adultery with the

Queen of England.

The graffiti shows a carving of a

falcon, the emblem of the Berlin family.

I think this gives us a little glimpse

into the state of mind of those men if

it was them who carved this. Because

carving Anne's symbol after they've been

found guilty of adultery with her is

almost like an act of defiance. They're

still supporting her even now as they

face death.

As the condemned men await their

sentence,

just meters away in the tower's great

hall, Anne's trial reaches its

conclusion. She's done all she can to

convince the court that she deserves to

go free.

Now must wait for the verdict.

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At this point, Anne seems to think that

justice will prevail and she'll be found

not guilty.

After all, she's conducted herself

throughout the trial like a woman who

knows herself to be innocent.

All of the evidence that's been

presented against her has been

questionable, and her faith and belief

in her innocence are total. As she and

everyone else here awaits the verdict,

the tension must be palpable.

The judge, Anne's uncle, the Duke of

Norfolk, sends the jury to deliberate,

including her own father, Thomas Berlin.

The room holds its breath.

It takes them just moments to reach

their decision.

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They are unanimous.

Anne is found guilty of treason.

It must have hit her like an electric

shock. Her mind must be spinning

with the implications.

Immediately she's stripped of her crown

and her titles. She is no longer Queen

of England.

As Anne is still reeling from this, her

uncle, the Duke of Norfolk, sat there,

delivers the sentence, and it's this.

because thou has offended against our

sovereign the king's grace in committing

treason against his person. And here at

tainted of the same, the law of the

realm is this, that thou hast deserved

death.

[Music]

And thy judgment is this, that thou

shalt be burned here within the Tower of

London on the green, or else to have thy

head smitten off,

as the king's pleasure shall be further

known.

>> Well, this is just horrific. The

sentence for treason is to either be

burnt or beheaded. Well, the latter is

preferable. It's the swifter death. But

both are Anne's worst nightmare. She

hasn't seen this coming. Now, she knows

that she's going to die. We can only

imagine what must be going through her

mind. But this is when Anne is

extraordinarily

courageous.

As the room erupts into chaos, Anne's

composure doesn't waver for a second.

Why is she so unmoved? Is it just the

shock? That would be understandable. But

I can't help feeling it's something

else. And it's Anne's determination to

show no fear, no dismay in front of the

men who have brought her down because

that would hand them yet another

victory. Anne Berlin has been found

guilty of the most serious crime

imaginable,

high treason.

But is her fate sealed? Surely she has

the right to challenge the verdict.

Lawyer Afua Hirs has been studying

Anne's case. I've never come across such

a blatant unfairness. Even by the

standards of its day, it was a complete

outrage.

>> Today, if you were in Anne's position

and the verdict went against you, what

recourse would you have?

>> Well, the obvious thing would be an

appeal. All of those things that are

lacking in her first trial should have

been addressed in an appeal where an

appeal judge would say, "Well, what

exactly is the evidence and what did the

witnesses say?" And it's really a check

on exactly this kind of abuse of

process. It's almost uh impossible now

for somebody to be convicted of the most

serious sentence without an appeal.

>> The other thing that strikes me is the

trial takes place in a single day,

probably a few hours if that. The idea

that something this serious could be

dealt with in a few hours is absolutely

abhorrent to me. So if somebody's going

to die, you would want to make sure that

everything has been done properly and in

a fair way. But perhaps the reason for

all this unfairness was the most

sinister part of Anne's trial.

>> I think the real elephant in the room is

obviously King Henry VII himself. We

have a monarch who is able to directly

interfere in legal proceedings, bully

and intimidate witnesses, judges, and I

suppose the thing that explains all of

this blatant unfairness is the fear that

everyone must have had that if they

didn't deliver the verdict the king

wanted, they would be next. This is a

trial in name only. Nothing about this

meets even the most basic standards of

justice.

>> With the verdict delivered, silence

descends on the courtroom.

Still with incredible dignity and poise,

an delivers a speech. She says, "I do

not say that I have always borne towards

the king the humility to which I owe

him,

>> considering the great honor and respect

he always paid me."

I admit too that often I have taken it

into my head to be jealous of him.

But may God be my witness if I have done

him any other wrong.

[Music]

It's such a wellthoughtout

speech and delivered without hesitation.

It's tempting to think that Anne has

prepared in advance. But remember, she

doesn't believe that this is going to

happen. She thoroughly believes she's

innocent and will be found such. So it

seems that actually this speech is just

delivered from the heart.

[Music]

To mark the guilty verdict, cannons

fire, which reverberates across London.

In his palace at Westminster, the king

hears the signal and knows that the deed

is done. The coast is almost clear for

him to marry Jane Seymour.

Anne is escorted out of the courtroom.

The guards turn their ax blades towards

her.

[Music]

As Anne is taken back to her apartment

in the tower, her brother George Berlin

is escorted into the great hall for his

trial.

[Music]

George, like Anne, defends himself

eloquently. But also like Anne, he

doesn't stand a chance. He's found

guilty and taken back to the tower so

that he can prepare for death.

Two days have passed since Anne's trial.

Imprisoned, she still believes salvation

is possible. But then, near the tower,

something shocking happens.

Henry Norris, Mark Smeon, William

Breton, Francis Weston, and George

Berlin have been brought up there on

Tower Hill for their execution.

Their only crumb of comfort is that

they're to be given the more merciful

death of beheading rather than the

traitor's death of hanging, drawing, and

quartering.

The first to be executed is George

Berlin because he's highest in rank.

Poor Mark Smeen is the last. By then,

the block and the scaffold would have

been covered in blood and the axe would

have been blunter.

While Anne may have seen the men being

led out up to Tower Hill for their

execution, and she may be watching now

as their blooded remains are brought

back. With her co-accused now dead, Anne

must summon all her courage to stay

strong as she hopes and prays that the

king will have mercy and grant her a

lastm minute reprieve.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
trial /traɪəl/ B1	noun - a formal meeting in a law court to judge if someone is guilty of a crime
queen /kwiːn/ A1	noun - a female ruler of a country
downfall /ˈdaʊnfɔːl/ B2	noun - a sudden loss of power, success, or status
exquisite /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/ C1	adjective - extremely beautiful and delicate
devastating /ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ/ B2	adjective - causing great shock or distress
outrage /ˈaʊtreɪdʒ/ B2	noun - an extremely shocking or insulting event
sealed /siːld/ B1	verb - to make something certain to happen
salacious /səˈleɪʃəs/ C1	adjective - dealing with or depicting sexual matters in a way that is intended to cause shock or excitement
infamous /ɪnˈfeɪməs/ B2	adjective - well-known for something bad
loggerheads /ˈlɒɡərhɛdz/ C1	noun - a state of disagreement or conflict
treason /ˈtriːzən/ B2	noun - the crime of betraying one's country
composure /kəmˈpəʊʒə/ C1	noun - a state of calmness and self-control
testimony /tɛstɪməni/ B2	noun - a formal statement made under oath in a court of law
indictment /ɪnˈdaɪtmənt/ C1	noun - a formal accusation of a serious crime
incest /ˈɪnsɛst/ C1	noun - sexual relations between closely related people
defiance /dɪˈfaɪəns/ B2	noun - open resistance or bold disobedience