Anne's Last Confession

Anne's marriage to Henry was declared null and void by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, rendering her daughter Elizabeth illegitimate. It's almost impossible to imagine how Anne must have been feeling in those last few days as she heard reports of her beloved brother and the others heading to the executioners' block. She may well have heard the exclamation of the crowds as the grisly scene unfolded on nearby Tower Hill. Everything she had achieved, power conjured from thin air, had come crashing down. And now there was no way out of the wreckage that remained. I think she knows she's going to die. Her brother is dead. The men accused with her are dead. She knows this isn't