KING HENRY VIII's brutal decision to execute his wife, Queen Anne Boleyn, changed the course of history - but several of those close to the monarch expected him to call it off at the very last moment, a report has claimed.
Henry triggered England’s split from Rome and the Catholic Church in order to marry Anne Boleyn, in 1533. He was married to Catherine of Aragon for years, but her failure to produce a male heir left him apprehensive about how he would continue the Tudor dynasty. The ruthless king set about divorcing his first wife — a truly unprecedented act at the time — so that he could marry Anne, who he deemed to be young and fertile enough to continue the male Tudor line.
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