June 1 - Queen Anne Boleyn's Coronation

On this day in Tudor history, 1st June 1533, Whitsunday, Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife, was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony performed by her good friend, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury.

It was a long day for the pregnant queen, starting with a procession from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey, then there was the actual coronation, where Anne was crowned with St Edward's crown, and finally the huge coronation banquet.

Find out exactly what Anne Boleyn did on that day in 1533 in today's video from Claire Ridgway, author of several books on Anne Boleyn and the Boleyns.

Видео June 1 - Queen Anne Boleyn's Coronation канала The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society