Past Lives

[Diana]

This is very interesting. Many years after my trip to England and discovering that I may have been Anne Boleyn, I did an images search on Anne Boleyn. Keep in mind my trip to England was before we had internet, so I only got around to looking up pictures of her a few years ago.

Well, they're all paintings of course, so many of them don't even look remotely like the same person. I can only wonder if some of the artists got her essence 'right' at all.

Of the many variations, one stood out. Not the facial features, but the eyes. I was looking into the eyes of me when I was a child!

I am familiar with paintings of Anne Boleyn and had never seen this one. She looks very young in it. As an artist, I can say that this particular painting is expertly executed. I think the painter was very good. So it may be very accurate.

I have studied the history of Henry the Eighth through Elizabeth's long reign. It is a very compelling era. Anne Boleyn was instrumental in getting Henry to break from Rome, diminishing the power of the Church. So we can thank Anne for that, as well as the amazing daughter she produced.