Historian Alison Weir sets the record straight in the new biography 'Mary Boleyn, The Mistress of Kings'. She's usually portrayed as the failed sister.

M Boleyn: Is that what you think? fine tell yourself thatĪ Boleyn: I did sister, everyday and every night i was in exileįleming: A clip from the film adaptation of The Other Boleyn Girl. M Boleyn: Why did you come Anne? for your desire is to torment me?Ī Boleyn: Perhaps now you know how it feels to be deceived by your sisterĪ Boleyn: You stole the King away, and then you betrayed me over Henry Percy like his father.Ī Boleyn: Do you feel as awful as you look? you know in France no woman would allow herself to get to such a state I've been kept occupied.Īnne Boleyn: Only that sister, I assure you. Most people remember that much, but Anne Boleyn had a sister named Mary, and Henry slept with her too before he moved on to Anne.Īnne Boleyn:I meant to come and see you. Henry the 8th shocks the western world by divorcing his old queen and crowning Anne Boleyn in her place.

If you're wondering who, well, think back to Tudor England. Jim Fleming: Humans have been getting up close and personal with failure for centuries.

Mary Boleyn by Alison Weir