falconqueen: Let me know expressly your whole mind as to the love between us two. ♥ Henry to Anne, c
falconqueen: Let me know expressly your whole mind as to the love between us two. ♥ Henry to Anne, c. 1527Against that is Anne’s greatest distinctiveness, something she shares with only one other English queen: she married for love. • In marrying for love, Henry in effect confused the role of the wife and the mistress, with the result that personal emotion was the basis for his relationship with Anne and hers with him. ♡ Eric IvesBy daily proof you shall me find To be to you both loving and kind ♥ Anne to Henry, c. 1528The rumours reaching the Low Countries…painted quite a different picture – not of a besotted king coming to his senses but of one who was more besotted than ever, constantly at his wife’s side… In late October 1533 Anne’s maids of honour were repeating Henry’s brazen remark that he loved the queen so much that he would beg for alms from door to door rather than give her up. The two are still described as ‘merry’. ♡ Eric IvesThe demonstrations of your affection are such, the beautiful mottoes of the letter so cordially expressed, that they oblige me forever to honour, love, and serve you sincerely, beseeching you to continue in the same firm and constant purpose. ♥ Henry to Anne, c. summer 1527 -- source link