On 11th April 1533, Good Friday, King Henry VIII informed his Royal Council that Anne Boleyn was now his wife and that they must accord her with royal honours.
Two days earlier, Henry had sent a delegation of his councillors, led by the Duke of Norfolk, to Catherine of Aragon to inform her that her husband had remarried and that she was no longer queen and must call herself the Dowager Princess of Wales. Catherine did not comply, see 3 July 1533 – Catherine of Aragon Ordered to Recognise her New Title or Else!
11th April 1533, the date when Anne Boleyn was officially recognised as Queen, is recorded in the amazing painting by Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, which portrays two ambassadors: Jean de Dinteville, maître d’hôtel to Francis I of France, and George de Selve, Bishop of Lavaur. Those who have analysed the painting have found the date marked on the celestial globe, the quadrant and the cylinder sundial. This has led to speculation that it was commissioned by Anne Boleyn, who is thought to have been Holbein’s patron at the time. The painting is rich with symbolism and is a real puzzle.
As I said in a previous article, clues to the painting’s link with Anne Boleyn include:-
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