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TIL that on June 1st 1533, Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey by Archbishop Cranmer with St Edward’s Crown and not the usual consort’s crown. This rare honour sought to legitimise Anne as queen, along with her unborn child, expected to be the long-awaited male heir.

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