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In "Spencer", Princess Diana is haunted by visions of Anne Boleyn on the Sandringham Estate. But just how similar are two?

Search for: Coat of Arms of Queen Anne Boleyn (L), Wikipedia, CC-BY-SA.3.0 | Coat of Arms Meghan Markle, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 | User:Sodacan What Queen Anne Boleyn Can Teach Us About Duchess Meghan Markle There are distinct similarities between the ways we perceive the historical figure of Anne Boleyn and the contemporary figure of Meghan Markle, and that’s a shame. Confession: I spend way too much time thinking about the Tudors.  It started when I was probably about 12 and I happened upon Robin Maxwell’s novel, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn at my local Walden Books. Not knowing w...

Anne Boleyn star Mark Stanley has defended the casting of Jodie Turner-Smith as the doomed Queen after she became the first black actress to play the historic role. The actor, who plays King Henry VIII in the three-part drama, insisted such colourblind casting needs to 'be the way forward' to improve representation, and said Jodie's performance was more about capturing the 'energy' of the Queen. It comes after fans were left 'unimpressed' and 'bored' on Tuesday night when they tuned into Anne Boleyn's first episode, with many quick to point out 'historical inaccuracies' in the Channel 5 dr...

Set in January 1536 at Greenwich palace,  the episode shows the last five months of Anne Boleyn (played by Jodie Turner-Smith) life, opening with King Henry and Anne throwing a party.

Jodie Turner-Smith on playing Anne Boleyn: 'I should be allowed to tell this story' As she stars in a major new TV drama, Turner-Smith explains why race should never be a barrier to success 15 May 2021 • 6:00pm Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn (opposite Mark Stanley’s Henry VIII): ‘We are in a time where we see that historically, actors of colour have been sidelined. They have not had the opportunity to be a part of storytelling.' Credit: Parisa Taghizadeh It’s early morning in New York when I log on to Zoom to interview Jodie Turner-Smith, who is in a hotel room recovering from a f...