The body of Anne Boleyn
The body of Anne Boleyn.
Henry VIII and Cromwell got all things covered and gave detailed instructions for Anne’s execution, but they forgot one thing.
What would happen next ? So it was may 19th around noon, and Anne’s body continued to lay in the heat.
No one knew what to do. No one dared to do anything. They kept waiting, hoping some news would arrive from the court, but hours passed, and there was nothing other than silence .
A decision had to be made, and master Kingston , constable of the Tower, decided to use a storage chest as her coffin. Her ladies stripped her of her clothes, removed her grey gown, and wrapped her remains in a cloth .
They placed her in a small chest used for arrows storage and placed her head beneath her arm .
The chest was too short for normal placement . Then, they carried the chest to the Tower's chapel and dug a hole under the altar.
She was buried next to her brother, George. Anne was king's Henry greatest obsession but when he found out she couldn't live up to his image, his obsession turned into hate.
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