Discussion: Anne's Maids

"One possibility is that, while they may disapprove of the fact that Anne has male friends and is as close to her brother as she is, they don't suspect that it goes any further - unless they're profoundly stupid, they'd know that she isn't about to commit adultery/treason with them in the next room! Anne and Henry have so little privacy that neither could conduct any kind of affair without a third party knowing of it. Things like Anne adjusting her sleeve or kissing Mark on the cheek may stick in their memories and then, when Cromwell is orchestrating his foul investigation in preparation for Anne's "trial", they remember those incidents and they are used as "evidence" against her and her alleged lovers.

As far as Madge is concerned, I think that there's a touch of the green-eyed monster at play. Norris is courting her but his admiration of Anne is plain and it is for qualities that Madge is unlikely to share with her cousin. I doubt that she thinks that there's anything between Anne and Norris, not yet at any rate, but she may wonder if he likes Anne better."

"Not just the series, but even some historians have mixed up Mary & Margaret Shelton. From what I can tell Mary is actually the one who was Henry's mistress for a time in 1536 and then Frances Weston ( not Norris) was supposed to have ben involved with her."