catherinesboleyn:

Letter from Anne Boleyn to Cardinal Wolsey in 1529

“My lord,

Though you are a man of great understanding, you cannot avoid being censured by every body for having drawn on yourself the hatred of a king who had raised you to the highest degree to which the greatest ambition of a man seeking his fortune can aspire. I cannot comprehend, and the king still less, how your reverent lordship, after having allured us by so many fine promises about divorce, can have repented of your purpose, and how you could have done what you have, in order to hinder the consummation of it. What, then, is your mode of proceeding? You quarreled with the queen to favor me at the time when I was less advanced in the king’s good graces; and after having therein given me the strongest marks of your affection, your lordship abandons my interests to embrace those of the queen. I acknowledge that I have put much confidence in your professions and promises, in which I find myself deceived. But, for the future, I shall rely on nothing by the protection of Heaven and the love of my dear king, which alone will be able to set right again those plans which you have broken and spoiled, and to place me in that happy station which God wills, the king so much wishes, and which will be entirely to the advantage of the kingdom. The wrong you have done me has caused me much sorrow; but I feel infinitely more in seeing myself betrayed by a man who pretended to enter into my interests only to discover the secrets of my heart. I acknowledge that, believing you sincere, I have been too precipitate in my confidence; it is this which has induced, and still induces me, to keep more moderation in avenging myself, not being able to forget that I have been Your servant,

Anne Boleyn.”

Natalie Dormer and David Oakes at the Walpole British Luxury Awards in London.

“It was an honour to be part of the Childline’s Merry Little Christmas event and support Childline this Christmas. It’s been another challenging year for everyone, and some children will still be struggling to cope with the challenges of the pandemic. I know how important the work of Childline is and it’s essential their trained volunteer counsellors can support these children who need help this Christmas.”

- Natalie Dormer at the Merry Little Christmas Concert on December 9th, 2021.

perioddrama:

Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn in THE TUDORS (2007–2010)

anneboleynqueen:

“Henry (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and Anne Boleyn (Natalie Dormer) in a horse-drawn carriage before her coronation as queen”, as requested by anonymous 

anneboleynqueen:

Mary and Anne Boleyn enjoying the fireworks, as requested by anonymous

catherineofbraganza:

✧ Anne had received a formal education in singing and instrumental music at Margaret of Austria’s court. As she was surrounded by a great community of both vocal and instrumental performers and instructors, the young Anne would have been educated in many types of music making, involving many “melodious instruments” such as the lute, clavicord, manicordium and others. The Viscount Chateabriant, a courtier at the French court stated:

‘She possessed a great talent for poetry, and when she sung, like a second Orpheus, she would have made bears and wolves attentive. […] Besides singing like a siren, accompanying herself of the lute, she harped better than King David, and handled cleverly both flute and rebec.’ [quoted by Agnes Strickland]

Actors kind of cheat. We do live forever - everything we put down on celluloid or digital will exist after us. I like to do the work, and it will live on way after I’m gone.

I just want to play real human beings.

mirandahamilton:

got meme [three/three queens]: margaery tyrell

Do you want to be a queen? No, I want to be THE queen.