Royal Wedding Week Presents: Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
So, I know you're all probably heart-broken that the RHOC thing fell through; I can't even remember what day that show is on now. Oh wait! Sundays. Huh. My main MO in life thus far has been starting things and not finishing them, so GUH-BUY Gretchen. I'm moving on/up. I bring you now a secretive secret of secretion (...): the royal wedding of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Here's what you probably know: Henry VIII needed a male heir, his first wife, Catherine (I persist in the 'C' spelling because her name would have been 'Catalina' in Spain) of Aragon was pretty much spent (something like four or five pregnancies, two miscarriages, a stillbirth, a prince - born on New Year's Day - who lived for a few weeks before dying and one child who made it to adulthood - Queen Mary I), HenHen was dicking around with Mary Boleyn and then her feisty, witty sister Anne showed up and the royal lover was smitten. Fast-forward six years, Henry has completely change...