King Henry VIII’s first letter to his future second wife Anne Boleyn is as sweet as any lovestruck suitor’s. And he signs off as her “servant and friend.” Henry VIII had married Catherine of Aragon in 1509, when he was just 18. When it became clear she would’t be able to bear him a male heir, he found a replacement in her maid of honour. Feminists love Boleyn as much as people who like a great, tragic love story. Just to underline the point, Henry VIII does spend time on the stage, but he never actually gets a full aria to sing.

Source: thestar April 23, 2018 13:52 UTC