"Never with the Mother"!!

"Never with the Mother"!!

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Anne Boleyn's mother, Elizabeth Howard, was rumoured to have been another of Henry VIII’s lovers.

While it is well known that Anne’s sister, Mary, was the king’s mistress, there were also contemporary rumours that their mother, Elizabeth Howard, had also shared the king’s bed.

Sir George Throckmorton told Henry to his face that~

“it is thought you have meddled both with the mother and sister”

to which Henry replied~

“never with the mother!”

Later, rumours would fly, that Elizabeth Howard, and Henry had a child together, and that Anne was actually Henry VIII’s own daughter!

If we believe that Anne was born around 1501, then Henry was only 10 years old when this dalliance occurred…

It is much more likely that this was slanderous propaganda was circulated by Boleyn enemies, to discredit Anne, as a Queen of England.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Elizabeth_Boleyn,_Countess...

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https://ko-fi.com/thetudorintruders

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Kristen Scott Thomas, as Elizabeth Boleyn in 'The Other Boleyn Girl'