Discussion: Anne went soo CRAZY . .. .

"but then again I would too, walking in on her husband tramping it up with a lady she already had suspisions about.
Didnt it look as if she almost was gonna leave the room and avoid the whole confrontation but then she just cannot. Or just me? "

"I think it showed her strength and will towards standing up against the King."

"I wonder how much of a part his accident played in that. I'm sure that he must have thought about what would happen if he died and that he would know that if he had, he would have left behind three potential heirs;

(1) Mary, almost twenty, acknowledged as heiress for most of her life with blood ties to the Emperor,
(2) Elizabeth, aged two, his heiress under the law (unless she had a brother) but considered illegitimate by many, both in England and internationally,
and (3) Anne's and his unborn child who, like Elizabeth, would carry a stain of illegitimacy, though its position would be stronger if it was a boy.

Best case scenario, Anne would carry their child to term and make him the father of a healthy posthumous son. If the Act of Succession was followed, it would mean Regency for Anne for eighteen years, then the son's reign, with Elizabeth as heiress presumptive to her brother until he married and had a child. If the child was stillborn, then Elizabeth would be Henry's legal heir and Anne would hold the Regency for nearly sixteen years. If Elizabeth died before she was old enough to marry and have a child of her own (as many children did back then) what then?

Mary would have her own supporters and could also make a play for the throne, with the Emperor's backing. Fitzroy would also be a possible claimant.

With Katherine dead, Henry would be free to marry again if Anne was out of the picture. If his next wife bore a son, nobody in England or abroad would contest his right to rule. At the time of his accident, he was a matter of months away from his forty-fifth birthday, less than eight years younger than his father was when he died."

"Natalie is just brilliant playing Anne and I too was happy to see her standing up for herself to all those control freaks she delivered the part as far as I'm concern so sad she will leave us soon and even if I can't wait to see whats coming up next it's sad to feel her end is coming so soon.."

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Isn't it wonderful that Anne's daughter Elizabeth was able to rule in her own right and was not subject (at least not to a great extent) to the tryanny of the men around her!!!"

"Juliet Landau played Drusilla in BTVS."

"WHAT???

Oh man, what nonsense. I am going to have a hard time watching this series when it comes out here in the UK."

"I'm basically proud of Anne for standing up to Henry. She showed Henry that she does not tolerate him being with another woman and the fact that they are married and have a daughter and another child on the way plus 9 times out of 10, it was basically Henry's fault that Anne miscarried the child because he knew that it hurted her to see him love another woman than herself. So, like Anne said Henry had no one to blame but himself for the loss of their son and heir.

Plus I loved how Henry's look on his face when Anne told him the truth because he knew it was true. He knew it was his fault and all. He had no one to blame but himself."

"True, butt then unfortunately he makes a public spectacle of punishing Anne, I guess to convince himself otherwise."