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fideidefenswhore · 4 months

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'it is likely that the charges against her were thought to be too abhorrent and indelicate to list out in the presence of such a young man' is a line i see a lot in sections on henry fitzroy's absence from the boleyn trial(s), which is like...but it wasn't thought too 'indelicate' to order him to witness her execution?

#i mean i don't think we have record of the 'order' but it is a reasonable assumption #maybe JF & JG thought he volunteered ('he hated her and was going to enjoy watching her die' uh...citation?) but i don't think we have #record of that either and it's unlikely either way...#i doubt he volunteered~ to witness the executions of the carthusians #either...he was likely ordered to be there. along with the other noblemen there.#but he didn't know them. he had known anne #whether he hated or loved or was ambivalent towards her #it would have been extremely strange and macabre to witness the death of his stepmother...#considering his father in law was her uncle; his wife was her confidante; considering that #he seems to have been very amenable to his father's wishes insofar as legitimizing her by his presence at her court #accepting gifts from his father that had the initials and arms of himself and his new wife #his attendance in calais; his marriage to her niece; etc....#and just that he knew her. i don't think he knew her well. but they exchanged gifts and do seem to have been superficially friendly #at the very least...

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