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England as the second wife of His Majesty King Henry VIII, was executed by beheading at the Tower of London
England as the second wife of His Majesty King Henry VIII, was executed by beheading at the Tower of London May 19, 1536: Anne Boleyn, one-time Queen of England as the second wife of His Majesty King Henry VIII, was executed by beheading at the Tower of London. She was approximately 35 years old. Anne Boleyn had been found guilty of adultery, incest, and treason in a sham trial; the simple truth was that she had not delivered the King a son. "At around 8 in the morning Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London informed her that she must prepare for death within the hour, but she was already prepared. It was just a short journey out of the Queen's Lodgings. Past the Great Hall (where just under three years ago she had dined on the night before her coronation), through Cole Harbour Gate, along the west side of the White Tower, to the scaffold. It stood three or four feet high, draped in black and surrounded by possibly a thousand spectators. Many of whom she would k