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17 of Henry VIII's love letters to Anne Boleyn survive.
Anne Boleyn, National Portrait Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

55. The Tortured Tudor Poet: The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn

By Trashy Royals on April 18, 2024April 17, 2024

As Taylor Swift launches her latest era with The Tortured Poets Department, Alicia dives into her favorite era: Tudor England. We explore the 17 surviving love letters that King Henry VIII penned during his courtship and early relationship with Anne Boleyn in the latter half of the 1520s, particularly noting that for quite a long time, it seems like Anne wasn’t really that into him.

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Tags: Affairs, Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, Katherine of Aragon, Mary Boleyn, Tudors

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