Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England

Henry VIIIs new consort brings the promise of a longed-for son

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The morning blazed with late spring light as London stirred to the sounds of trumpets and pealing bells. Anne Boleyn, intelligent, ambitious and six months pregnant, was to be crowned Queen of England. This was the woman for whom a king had defied the pope, a kingdom had been upended and the king's beloved first wife had been cast aside.