Discussion: Anne's sex life before Henry

"From my research, there is absolutely no evidence that Anne slept with anyone before Henry ..."

"In addition, Anne was too shrewd to yield up her virtue for anything less than an advantageous marriage. She did not want her sister's fate as a woman with a reputation for being 'easy' and a mistress the King eventually dropped and then married off. She definitely could not have held Henry off for seven years if she had a sexual history; someone would certainly have brought it to the King's attention as was done in Katheryn Howard's case."

"Yes, didn't Anne sort of tease Henry to say, she would not bed him untill Catherine of Aragon was compleatly out of the picture. And Henry wanted her, and he wanted her bad, so he did everything he could, but Anne held off the sex towards Henry untill it was clear to her she would be next queen. Kind of sleeping her way to the top!"

".... As for Henry VIII's concern for Anne sexual past, I do not think he cared one way,or another."

"A lot of historian do not believe Anne was a traditional virgin. According to Alison Weir The king and his court, Henry VIII once confess ( Before Anne fell out of favors with Henry VIII) that Anne had been corrupted in the French court. The king of France , Francis I stated that Anne didn't always live a virtuous life. Both comments seem to indicate that Anne was not the virgin, in my opinion. Anne denied that she had marriage Henry Percy, I think she did. Henry Percy once claim told his wife that he was pre-contract to Anne,and Henry Percy never had kids with his wife, nor did he seek out other women when his marriage fell apart. I think he was married to Anne, and in a weired way , he was being true to her. I also do not think it was a mere coincidence that Henry Percy turn back up at court prior to Anne fall. I think Cromwell wanted him there in hope that he would reveal the truth. Some historian claim Cromwell tried to save Anne by looking into claim, of marriage between Anne ,and Henry Percy made by his wife. I also think there might have been something going on between Wyatt and Anne, some historian claim that Wyatt confess to a relationship with Anne to the king, prior to him taking Anne as his wife. I think that it might have been true, since Wyatt survive the purge. As for Henry VIII's concern for Anne sexual past, I do not think he cared one way,or another."

"When Henry was ready to rid himself of a wife, he would say anything to justify his decision. If Anne had had a sexual history, there is no way she could have concealed it for seven years. In the hot house atmosphere of the Tudor court, someone would have informed him if she had a sexual history. It did not take very long after his marriage to Katheryn Howard before the story of her youthful indiscretions was brought to his attention. Henry Percy was so in love with Anne, that he would have told any story to his parents in the vain hope of being allowed to marry her. His parents did not consider her family background to be sufficiently grand or wealthy enough for their son. Her parents wanted to wed her to James, Lord Butler, a distant cousin to heal a family breach in her paternal line. There is no doubt that Percy was in love with Anne, but Anne was too smart to part with her virtue which was the only real value a woman of her status had besides her family connections in that time to secure a good marriage.
Cromwell at the time he went after Anne tried to dig up or manufacture any evidence he could contrive, but if he had been able to prove that there was a pre-contract between Percy and Anne, then he couldn't have accused her of adultery, because she would not have legally ever have been Henry's wife. Anne never considered Wyatt anything but a childhood friend, besides which he was already married and therefore could not offer Anne the marriage she was holding out for.
Again, Anne did not want to be like her sister, Mary. It was she whom Francois I called 'a great whore and infamous above all.' Continued..."