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The second wife of King Henry
VIII is said to haunt the grounds
where she was executed.
What does she
supposedly have
tucked under
her arm?
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What was the name of King Henry's second wife?
How to find the answer
Answer Her headSearch Search
[second wife King Henry VIII]
to find Anne Boleyn. Search [Anne Boleyn
under arm] to find that her ghost is in the
London Tower where she is said to carry
her head tucked underneath her arm.
Background and further discussion
King Henry's infatuation with Anne Boleyn while married to his first wife, Queen
Catherine, led to the English Reformation when Pope Clement VII refused to
annul the marriage of Henry and Catherine. After their marriage Anne gave
birth to the future Queen, Elizabeth I, and then had three subsequent
miscarriages. Henry grew tired of waiting for Anne to produce a male heir and
fell in love with Jane Seymour. He had Anne tried for high treason, on grounds
of adultery and incest and she was found guilty
and subsequently beheaded.