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The 19th of May, the anniversary of the
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death of a Queen of England.
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Every year on this day, a bouquet of red
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roses is delivered anonymously
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to the Chapel of the Tower of London.
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They are accompanied by a simple
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request. They are to be laid just over
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there on the spot where the second wife
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of Henry VIII, Anne Berlin, was buried
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on this day in 1536.
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I'm historian Tracy Borman. Over the
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next three nights, I'm going to explore
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the incredible story of Anne's downfall.
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Look at that. It's just exquisite.
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It's wonderful, isn't it? It all took
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place in the space of just 17 days. I've
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studied Anne for most of my life. I
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think I know her well. But I'm going to
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do something that I've never done
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before. I'm going to follow in Anne's
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footsteps. Take the journey with her
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hour by hour during the three most
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important days from queen to outcast to
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find the truth behind her downfall. That
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is incredible. Can I just put it in my
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pocket?
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I'll look at the day she's arrested,
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the day she's tried,
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and the day she's beheaded.
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In this first episode, I'll be tracing
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the events of Anne Berlin's last day of
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freedom. For the first time in history,
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a Queen of England has been arrested and
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imprisoned in the Tower of London. And
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she faces charges for which the penalty
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is death.
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It's 8:00 in the morning on Tuesday the
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2nd of May 1536.
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Since dawn 3 hours ago, the streets have
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been crowded with traders selling to
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passing travelers.
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The river Tempames is full of boats
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carrying people and goods.
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And in Whiteall, a plan is being
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hatched.
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At one of the king's palaces, he has
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almost 60.
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Servants are preparing Henry VII's main
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meal of the day.
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Things seem normal.
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In 1536, Henry isn't yet the oversized
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king we tend to think of. He's fit and
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active, and his weight hasn't yet
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ballooned.
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And this morning, he's been busy
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already.
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He sent a message to one of his other
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palaces,
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and it's a message that will change the
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course of history forever.
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Leaving Henry's palace at Whiteall,
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the messenger starts his journey
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eastwards along the river Tempames
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towards Henry's wife, Queen Anne Berlin.
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She is at another royal palace down the
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river in Greenwich, the magnificent
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palace of Placentia.
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This is Anne's favorite residence. The
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name means pleasant palace, but it will
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not live up to that today.
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We're told Anne starts the day watching
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a game of real tennis. It's a favorite
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sport of hers and also of her husband
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Henry who frequently plays matches.
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Anne Berlin stands out in the English
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court as stylish, intellectual and
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charismatic.
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She has already experienced plenty of
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drama in her 35 years. Born in England
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and was educated in France and later
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became a lady in waiting to Henry VII's
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first wife, Katherine of Araggon.
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Henry spotted her at court, wooed her,
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and they fell in love. He had his
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marriage to Catherine anulled, and now
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Henry and Anne have been married for 3
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years. They have a young daughter, the
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future Queen Elizabeth I.
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But today, unusually, Anne is watching
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alone, and that must feel ominous given
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what happened yesterday at the Mayday
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Joust.
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King Henry received some news which set
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him on edge. He left without warning for
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the palace at Whiteall, leaving Anne by
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herself at Greenwich.
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Anne loves to have a flutter on sporting
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events, and the story goes that she's
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just regretting not having placed a bet
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on the winner when the message that the
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king sent this morning arrives with
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ominous instructions.
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The king's message from Whiteall has
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arrived by boat at Greenwich.
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The instruction is simple but ominous.
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It says, "By order of the king, Anne
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must present herself before the privy
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council here at Greenwich."
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Her heart must sink. She knows that the
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council is the most important advisory
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body in the kingdom, and so this must be
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really serious.
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The world Anne lives in is full of
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intrigue.
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As people struggle for the king's
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attention,
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Anne has climbed to the top. But there
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are plenty of people who want to drag
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her down.
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This letter by a foreign ambassador
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Shapi is full of court gossip.
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Chapu is reporting that an whom he
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refers to throughout as uh the concubine
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and great [ __ ] This is absolutely
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typical. There's nothing but criticism
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of an
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concubine, the woman who has led the
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king astray.
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In one of his most cutting comments, he
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reports that Henry is tiring of Anne and
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looking out for a new, younger wife.
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It's the joy and pleasure a man feels in
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getting rid of a thin, old, vicious
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horse in the hope of getting soon a fine
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horse to ride.
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It really is incredibly thrilling as a
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TUDA historian to get my hands on
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documents such as this.
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They're telling us what people are
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saying about an at this time. The sorts
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of rumors that are circulating. So, you
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get the feeling of the weight of
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evidence that is gathering against Anne.
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There's nothing here in her favor.
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It seems nobody is prepared to speak in
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her defense.
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The documents record what happens next
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on May I
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at the palace in Greenwich.
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Anne is escorted from the tennis courts
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which are part of the vast palace to a
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council chamber at the other side of the
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complex.
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Anne makes her way across the courtyard
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to the privy council meeting in full
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view of everyone.
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I can only imagine what must be running
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through her mind. Perhaps she's fearing
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that like Katherine of Araggon, Henry is
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going to divorce her. She must be
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racking her brains trying to think of
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just what she's done wrong.
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At the council chamber, she is met by
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three gravefaced men
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who rise to their feet. One of them is
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the Duke of Norfolk, Anne's uncle.
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You'd have thought that he'd want to
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help her, but in fact, the two can't
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stand each other.
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Also there is William Kingston,
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constable of the Tower of London and a
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member of the Privy Council.
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Anne later claimed that I was cruy
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handled at Greenwich with the king's
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council with my lord of Norolk.
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And then he said, "Tut tutt."
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Well, tutt. That sounds like quite a
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mild reprimand. But what the council
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then said to Anne was earthshattering.
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They charged her with adultery
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with Sir Henry Norris.
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This is a bolt from the blue.
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Norris is one of the king's oldest
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friends.
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Until now, he's been one of Henry's most
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trusted courtiers.
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To make matters worse, Anne's also
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accused of adultery with a common and
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brash court musician, Mark Smeitten, and
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a mysterious third unnamed man.
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Anne must be absolutely reeling from
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this. But somehow she holds it together.
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She says, "I am the king's true wife,
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and that no other man has ever touched
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her." It's interesting that even now, in
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the midst of her shock, the first thing
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she does is protest her innocence.
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Rumors travel like lightning in the TUDA
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court. After questioning, Anne's
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escorted under guard back to her rooms,
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forced to cross the palace courtyard
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again in full view of everyone.
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This is all incredibly demeaning.
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No other Queen of England has ever
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suffered such humiliation.
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Gossip must already be spreading across
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the palace.
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And as Anne makes her way back to her
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private apartments, her mind must be
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spinning.
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What's going on? It's the king behind
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this, or is it a plot by her enemies to
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destroy her?
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Little does she know, much worse is to
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come.
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in Greenwich
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at the Palace of Placentia. Anne is back
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in her apartments under armed guard.
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Despite the charges, she tries to follow
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her normal routine
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and sits down to dinner. She's clearly
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doing her best to try and maintain
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appearances that all is well. She's
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dressed in a sumptuous gown of red
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velvet and cloth of gold. and she sits
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beneath a canopy of estate, a symbol of
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her authority as queen, which is ironic
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because that authority has started to
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crumble.
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The people around an are acting
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strangely. Her ladies are upset and
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tearful. And most ominous of all is that
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the king's waiter, who usually appears
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at meal times to say,
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"Much good may it do you,"
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on behalf of the king, doesn't appear.
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Anne is so distressed that finally her
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composure starts to crumble.
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She must be wondering, as must everybody
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else in the room, what is going to
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happen next,
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but today's events haven't come out of
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the blue.
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Anne's troubles began 3 months ago
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when she was expecting a son.
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Henry's marriage to his first wife,
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Catherine, had broken down because after
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almost 25 years, they'd failed to
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produce a son.
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To continue the TUDA dynasty, he needs a
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male heir.
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The duty now falls to Anne.
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Three months ago, she was pregnant. The
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king and queen were pinning all their
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hopes on it being a son.
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Proof of the anticipation of this new
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male arrival is a commemorative medal
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produced by Anne. Known as the most
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happy medal, she planned to distribute
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it across the nation to celebrate the
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birth and to boost her own image. Just
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the prototype survives, locked away in
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the British Museum. Feel like a burglar.
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I'm about to come face to face with an
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for the very first time.
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Wow. It is really exciting.
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It's amazing the detail. You can see so
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much more. I've only ever seen pictures
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of this.
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Do you want to handle it?
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Okay. Is that okay?
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This feels like looking at an Lin. It
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really is quite extraordinary and yet
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very very different to the way that I
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think of her, the way that I've been
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influenced by those later portraits.
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Whereas this is the only known likeness
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of an actually taken during her
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lifetime. So this is an as she really
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was.
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This is just incredibly thrilling to
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see.
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There weren't any others made. This was
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it. And Anne was quite a control freak.
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So the chances are that an perhaps Henry
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too actually held this.
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Shivers down the spine. So, this is a
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piece of propaganda. This is the tudtor
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equivalent of Twitter. I wonder what she
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made of it when she saw it.
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Can I just put it in my pocket now and
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go?
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That is incredible.
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But three months ago, tragedy struck.
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Anne suffered a miscarriage.
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Worse, it seems it was a baby boy. The
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heir that Henry was so desperate for.
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This is a major blow for Henry and an
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absolute disaster for Anne.
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All of Henry's doubts come flooding
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back.
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Henry believes that
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God did not permit them to have a son
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and there are rumors that he believed he
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might
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take another wife.
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Straight away, Henry begins thinking of
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ditching Anne for someone who can give
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him a son.
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step forward. This man, Thomas Cromwell,
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the so-called fixer who has made it his
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job to make Henry's deepest wishes come
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true.
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As Anne finishes her meal today, she
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knows Cromwell must be behind this
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attempt to bring her down.
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He's spent the last few weeks secretly
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building a case against her from his
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base here at Austin Friars.
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Today, the area lies in the shadow of
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the city of London's skyscrapers.
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The son of a blacksmith, Cromwell's
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risen to be the king's special advisor
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by promising to make Henry
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the richest sovereign who ever reigned
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in England.
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I've come to Thomas Cromwell's power
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base to get a political perspective on
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him from journalist Owen Jones.
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Hi Owen.
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Hi. How you doing?
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Nice to meet you. as well.
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Well, we're here on the site of Thomas
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Cromwell's original house, and it's from
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here that he did so much of his
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plotting. We can see him as the original
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spin doctor, Mr. Fixer. There are some
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pretty obvious modern parallels, aren't
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there?
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I think the parallels are very, very
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striking indeed. You had to use cunning
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and you had to be devious. You had to
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constantly see it as a as a chess game
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where you had to outmaneuver and defeat
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your opponents ruthlessly. that kind of
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tradition of the spin doctor whether it
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be Peter Mandlesson and Dominick
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Cummings I bet I wouldn't be surprised
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if they hadn't themselves looked back at
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Thomas Cromwell with some admiration and
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who knows maybe they were partly
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inspired by him
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so it's case of the end justifying the
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means
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remorselessly so even if the way you get
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there is seen as morally very dubious
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very problematic even scandalous as long
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as you get to where you want to get to
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as long as you achieve that sacred goal
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then everything can justified
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for people like Cromwell. He has this
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huge amount of power and influence, but
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he has a job to do. Instead of get
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Brexit done, it's, you know, get rid of
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the Queen of England. And so, he knows
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the risks that he's taking and that if
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he fails really, it's his neck on the
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line.
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I think polit politicians are risk
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seekers. They're adrenaline junkies.
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They like the idea that they could
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suddenly amass all this power, but at
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any moment, it could all come crumbling
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down. So I think there is that sense of
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politics is seen as a bit of a game.
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From his house in Austin Friars,
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Cromwell makes his way across the city
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to Greenwich.
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The net is closing in on an
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Cromwell's skill is finding out what the
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king wants and making it happen. When
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Henry had grown tired of his first wife,
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Catherine, Cromwell had turned against
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her. Now Henry has grown tired of Anne,
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Cromwell has turned against her, too.
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Well, his first move has been to put
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Anne in front of the Privy Council. Now,
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it's time to put the next part of his
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plan into action.
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Cromwell enters Anne's dining room
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together with a large entourage of
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important men, including her uncle, the
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Duke of Norfolk. Earlier this morning,
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Norfolk has been one of three men of the
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Privy Council to charge Anne with
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adultery. Now he's carrying a scroll,
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which is a warrant for his niece's
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arrest. Clearly, blood is not thicker
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than water in the Berlin family. Loyalty
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to the king is more important for
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political survival.
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Anne rises from her seat asking why they
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have come. Norfolk says,
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"We came by the king's command to
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conduct an to the Tower of London."
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Discovering that she is being taken to
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the tower must be a horrific body blow
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for Anne. Her stomach must be churning.
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Yet, remarkably, she holds it together.
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Anne replies, "If it be his majesty's
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pleasure, then I am ready to obey.
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She's given no time to pack, to summon
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her ladies in waiting, or say goodbye to
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her beloved 2 and a halfyear-old
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daughter, Elizabeth.
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Why the need for all this haste? Well,
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Cromwell is painfully aware that Henry
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and Anne have always had a tempestuous
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relationship, furious rous, but each one
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followed by a passionate reconciliation.
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He has to act fast to make sure that
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that doesn't happen this time.
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The Queen of England is under arrest.
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Her freedom gone. All she can do is wait
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in Greenwich to be taken down the
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tempames to the Tower of London.
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But while events in Greenwich play out
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down the temps in Whiteall, her husband
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is keeping a low profile.
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Henry doesn't want to face his wife or
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the public. Strangely though, he doesn't
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seem greatly troubled by events that are
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happening 10 miles from here in
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Greenwich. In fact, those people who do
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see him report that he's in great
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spirits, even rejoicing at Anne's fate.
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The court has never been so lively.
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Feasts and banquetss follow one another,
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much to the disgust of many of those
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there. Eyewitnesses report that he has
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daily gone out to dine here and there
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with ladies and sometimes has remained
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with them until after midnight.
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It's all very strange behavior. But
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perhaps mentally, Henry has already
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moved on from Anne.
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This sudden rejection of Anne is
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particularly shocking because he courted
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her for so long. But what attracted
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Henry to her in the first place?
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It's difficult to know the truth about
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her looks and personality because
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pictures we have of her were painted
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after her death, but there may be clues
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on the most happy medal I looked at
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earlier. It features the only portrait
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of an created during her lifetime.
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It's badly damaged, but sculptor Lucy
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Churchill is using it to reconstruct her
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face.
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I noticed when I looked at it under
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magnification, I noticed so much more
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detail.
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I'm about to see the restored likeness
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of an for the first time.
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Here is my version.
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Oh wow, that's amazing. Well, I must
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admit that my first reaction on seeing
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this is what was Anne's appeal for
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Henry. We know that he was absolutely
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besotted with her. the fact that she
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isn't conventionally beautiful. A lot of
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people are very disappointed. She is
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heavy eyed, heavy jawed. She was
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described as not the most beautiful
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woman at court, but she she could dance.
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She was uh very good, very witty, very
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intellectual. She had charisma. And I
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think that's much more attractive than
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the idea of being her superficial beauty
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that lured him in. And what you can see
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from here is that she had
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self-confidence in spades.
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Yes,
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it looks like more of a Henry VII pose.
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It looks like hands on hips. You can't
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actually see the rest of her arms, but
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back straight, head raised. This is Ann
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at her most self-confident, isn't it?
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under arrest. An's self-confidence is
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now in tatters.
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At Greenwich, she's been waiting for
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almost an hour for the boat to take her
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down the temps.
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Anne is about to leave her beloved
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Greenwich Palace for the last time.
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Next stop, the tower.
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In Greenwich at the Palace of Placentia,
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Anne is escorted from her apartments
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down to the river Tempames.
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Leading the way is the man responsible
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for arresting her, Thomas Cromwell.
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This must be the way that Anne is led
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down the steps under arrest here to the
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beach where there'll be a barge waiting
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for her to take her up river to the
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Tower of London. And you can still see
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just over there the remains of the
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original TUDA pier from which an would
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have boarded the boat.
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I'm now following in the wake of Anne's
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journey to the Tower of London.
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Usually state prisoners would have been
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taken to the tower undercover of
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darkness, but Anne suffers the
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humiliation of being rode there in full
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daylight.
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They really want to make her arrest very
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public indeed.
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If that isn't bad enough, her nemesis
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Thomas Cromwell is with her on the boat.
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It's as if he can't trust her arrest to
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others. He has to keep a close eye
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throughout.
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The atmosphere on the boat must be
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toxic.
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Cromwell's agents have been at work
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spreading the word that the queen has
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been arrested
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and is heading down the river.
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Within a matter of hours, the
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sensational news is all around London
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today. The tempames is very quiet, but
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at the time of Anne's arrest, it would
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have been a bustling thoroughare filled
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with boats and also crowded with
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spectators watching from the shore. And
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they would have all been hostile to this
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woman who they saw as a user. She'd
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ousted the rightful queen Katherine of
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Araggon.
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After a 2hour journey, Anne arrives at
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the Tower of London.
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This is the tower as an is seeing it as
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she arrives from Greenwich.
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And it's incredibly imposing when you
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see it from this view. You tend to
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approach by road and you don't get a
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sense of just how intimidating the
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fortress would have looked arriving here
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particularly for an who knows that she's
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arriving not as an honored guest but as
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a prisoner.
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Well, most prisoners who are brought to
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the tower enter through traitor's gate,
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but an is brought here to what was known
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as the court gate, which was probably a
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nod to her status because after all,
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prisoner she might be, but she's also
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still the queen of England.
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Well, as an steps down here, the thunder
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of the towers cannon sounds all around
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her.
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She's renowned for her composure, but
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that now begins to crumble. She falls to
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her knees protesting her innocence.
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When Anne last arrived here 3 years ago,
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it was for her coronation celebrations.
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Remembering this, she says,
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"I was received with grace ceremony the
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last time I entered here.
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The tower is a royal palace, but it's
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also an infamous prison.
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Responsibility for Anne now falls to Sir
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William Kingston, the constable of the
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tower.
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Anne asks him,
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"Mr. Kingston. Do I go into a dungeon?
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An expects to be taken to one of the
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many cells within the tower,
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but instead she's taken the other way
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towards the queen's apartments.
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[Music]
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This is a great relief for Anne and also
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a surprise.
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Perhaps it gives her a glimmer of hope
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that things might not be quite as bad as
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she feared. But on the other side of
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London in Henry's Whiteall Palace,
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something incredible is cooking up.
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The case against Anne is developing
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fast, and it's about to get much darker.
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So far, Anne knows she's accused of
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adultery with Mark Smeen,
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Henry Norris,
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and a mysterious third man.
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But who is he? Rumors are circulating
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that this third man is in fact
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her own brother, George Berlin. George
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has heard the rumor and as yet is
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unaware. He races across London to hear
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White Hall Palace, which once stood
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where these buildings are now.
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He's come to see the king, to plead his
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innocence, clear his name, and make a
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case for the Berins.
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[Music]
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But George's attempt to win the king
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over is in vain.
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Cromwell has the king in lockdown, so he
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can control exactly what's going on.
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George has no chance of a meeting.
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Instead, he is arrested on the spot and
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charged
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[Music]
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with incest.
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As if the charges of adultery against
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Anne aren't enough, they've really
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stepped up a gear with this claim.
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Cromwell's plot to destroy the queen is
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all falling into place.
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Now he needs Anne under lock and key
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while he plots his next move.
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Heat. Heat.
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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Anne is under the watch of the constable
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of the tower, Sir William Kingston.
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He leads her to the queen's apartments.
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Well, thanks to this detailed map from
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the TUDA period, we know exactly where
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Anne's apartments were. They're on that
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lawn long since demolished, but would
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have been very lavish. And they're
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certainly not what Anne is expecting,
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and that must have just added to her
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confusion. Why has she been brought here
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and lodged still as queen? The queen's
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apartments, together with a great hall,
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connected the White Tower to the outer
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walls.
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[Music]
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Just three years ago, Henry spent
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£35,000,
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that's 1.5 million in today's money,
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rebuilding them for Anne's coronation.
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Inside they are sumptuously decorated
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and furnished.
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When Anne first sees her apartment, she
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cries out,
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"It is too good for me."
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Which seems an odd thing to say given
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she's just protested her innocence. Is
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this an admission of guilt? Or is an
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trying to be clever, pretending to be
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humble in order to invite compassion?
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Kingston recalled that an
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knelt down weeping at good pace and then
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fell into great laughing and
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she has done so many times since.
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It's clear that Anne is almost
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hysterical at the thought of what might
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now happen.
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To make matters worse, she's been
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appointed four ladies whom she neither
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likes nor trusts. Incredibly, one of
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them is her own aunt.
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Once again, family loyalty counts for
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nothing with the Berins.
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Well, it's obvious that these ladies
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have been placed there as spies by
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Cromwell.
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He knows that the evidence he's gathered
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so far is not enough. He needs more.
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And he's hoping that while Anne is here
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in the tower, she'll say something to
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really incriminate herself.
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As Cromwell waits for incriminating
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evidence from his spies, he plots the
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next move from Austin Friars.
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He has the queen under lock and key.
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[Music]
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But what next?
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Cromwell can't risk a repeat performance
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of Henry's split from Catherine of
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Araggon. She'd refused to go quietly and
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had caused a great deal of trouble for
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the king.
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Even after the enolment, most people in
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Britain still see Katherine as the true
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queen. But not everyone does. Anne is a
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good deal less popular than Catherine,
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but she's not without powerful
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supporters who might make trouble if
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Henry tries to divorce her.
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So Cromwell knows he needs to get rid of
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them and fast.
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He's already imprisoned three of her
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allies, Sir Henry Norris, musician Mark
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Smeen, and a third man,
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who has turned out to be her brother,
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George Berlin, all accused of adultery
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with the queen.
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Across London, Cromwell's trap is
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closing in on Anne and anyone who can
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help her.
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Now he must prepare for the trial of the
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century in which he'll bring down these
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supporters and the queen of England
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herself.
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Just a stones throw away from Cromwell's
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base at Austin Friars at the Tower of
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London. Anne Berlin prepares for her
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first night as a prisoner. Her
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[Music]
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mood is darkening.
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Kingston pays her a visit.
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Anne insists on her innocence to
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Kingston. She protests,
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"I am the king's true wedded wife."
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And then she asks, "Mr. Kingston, do you
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know wherefore I am here?" and he
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replies, "No." Whether he does know or
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not is a different matter.
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In desperation, Anne demands to know
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where her supporters are, in particular
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her father. The truth is her father
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Thomas has abandoned her in order to
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save his own skin.
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Across the city in Whiteall, the king
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retires for the night. his wife
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imprisoned. He is alone.
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As the events of the day draw to a
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close, Cromwell sends a message to the
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king here at Whiteall. The message
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updates the king with the allegations
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against his wife. When the king reads
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it, he's utterly distraught.
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An eyewitness tells us
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the king begins to weep.
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Were the tears genuine? Was Henry just
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putting on a show? Or did he truly love
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Anne?
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I think it more likely that Henry was
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feeling sorry for himself, that the
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woman whom he'd raised to be queen of
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England had betrayed him.
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At the tower, Anne is settling in for
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the first night away from her husband as
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a prisoner.
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The tower is a place full of forboding,
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particularly at night. And I can only
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imagine what Anne must have been feeling
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during her first night as a prisoner
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here, desperately wanting to know what
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fate lay ahead for her.
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Well, there is a letter in existence
43:16
that's said to have been written by Anne
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to her husband, the king. In it she
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writes, "Try me, good king, but let me
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have a lawful trial, and let not my
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sworn enemies sit as my accusers and
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judges, for my truth shall fear no open
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shame."
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Anne is asking for a fair trial, but is
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that what she's going to get?
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[Music]
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queen /kwiːn/ A2 |
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king /kɪŋ/ A1 |
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palace /ˈpælɪs/ A2 |
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tower /ˈtaʊər/ B1 |
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arrest /əˈrest/ B1 |
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trial /ˈtraɪəl/ B1 |
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adultery /əˈdʌltəri/ C1 |
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incest /ˈɪnsest/ C1 |
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betrayal /bɪˈtreɪəl/ B2 |
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miscarriage /ˈmɪskærɪdʒ/ B2 |
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dynasty /ˈdɪnəsti/ B2 |
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intrigue /ɪnˈtriːɡ/ C1 |
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charismatic /ˌkærɪzˈmætɪk/ C1 |
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warrant /ˈwɒrənt/ B2 |
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cannon /ˈkænən/ B1 |
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execution /ˌeksɪˈkjuːʃən/ B2 |
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bewitch /bɪˈwɪtʃ/ C2 |
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ominous /ˈɒmɪnəs/ C1 |
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reconciliation /ˌrekənsɪliˈeɪʃən/ C1 |
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