1 June, 2008

As Anne Boleyn awaits her death, painfully delayed by the executioner\’s late arrival, Henry visits Jane Seymour and asks for her hand in marriage. Declaring his marriage to Anne null

nd void means that their daughter Elizabeth becomes illegitimate and is no longer in line to the throne - clearing the way for a legitimate heir to come from his marriage with Jane. Henry begins this momentous event with a magnificent breakfast at which is served a dish reserved for the English King alone: an exquisite roasted swan.