Скачать или смотреть underneath the blood orange sun • Meg (Anne Boleyn) + John Rolfe (Henry VIII)

for dgs, we were supposed to portray a historical/mythical couple using non/disney characters and I naturally gravitated to who I consider to be the most fascinating and tragic couple in all of history :) Not entirely happy with this but I put a lot of work into it so here it is haha

for those who don't know the story of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn (what are you, living under a rock?), when they met Henry was married to Catherine of Aragon (portrayed by Anya here). After a long struggle for a divorce (which I wasn't able to show here for lack of time) he was finally able to marry Anne. Together, they had a daughter, whom they loved and doted on, but Henry desperately wanted the son Anne promised him and was displeased when she couldn't deliver (again, didn't show it for lack of time but Anne had 2-3 miscarriages after Elizabeth, one was definitely a boy). Add to that Henry's multiple affairs and Anne's fiery temper, and they were wired to explode from day 1.

They began to fight more as Henry continued to parade his mistresses around publicly, including Jane Seymour (played by Odette here), who he would eventually marry. Henry was desperate to marry Jane and get a son off her, and religious/public officials and nobles alike (Frollo and Edward, who represent Thomas Cromwell and Thomas Seymour/Charles Brandon, who wanted her gone for different reasons) began conspiring to get rid of Anne. Henry began hearing whispers from trusted friends that Anne was cheating on him with numerous men, including her own brother (possibly Eric?)

He had her arrested and, after a farce of a trial, convicted on charges of treason, adultery, incest, and (depending on who you ask) witchcraft. Today, most people agree that she was innocent of all charges, but you can decide for yourself in the video if Henry knew that or not. She executed on May 19th 1536, beheaded by an expert french swordsman. Whether Henry did this as a final act of love or spite, who knows.

In the end, Anne made good on her promise to Henry to deliver him an heir, it just wasn't the boy he wanted. Henry and Anne's daughter grew up to be Elizabeth I, one of the most famous and prosperous English Queens in history :)

Aaand that's all she wrote, folks. As you can see I'm a giant Anne Boleyn nerd xD Some backgrounds are credit to FableSecrets, some others to YensidResources on Tumblr.