As a result of this bitter beginning, Queen Elizabeth's early life was troubled. Henry hoped Anne would have another child, this time a boy, but every time she suffered a miscarriage.
History seemed to be repeating itself. Just like Catherine before her, Anne seemed destined to only give him girls or dead children.
Henry consequently wanted to end their marriage. This he did brutally. Anne was falsely accused of adultery and treason, offences that carried the death penalty, and was executed on 19 May 1536.
Henry's marriage to Anne was declared null and void and Elizabeth, like her half-sister, Mary, before her, was declared illegitimate and deprived of her place in the line of succession.
No longer was she Elizabeth, Princess of Wales, but plain Lady Elizabeth.
