"What would Anne do?", I thought. By which I mean Anne Boleyn, of course.
I close my eyes as I stand wedged in to a corner of a crowded Northern Line carriage, transporting the week weary London workers home on a Friday evening; city strain etched on their - or should I say, our faces. It has not been an easy month. My mood - much like the events themselves - vacillating wildly between lethargy and serenity; fits of joy mingled with apoplexy, attacks of assured energy punctuated with panic. Yes, there have been easier months. But in an attempt to centre myself, I keep coming back to a singular question, "What would Anne do?" I am sorry Jesus - I do not mean to take the acronym printed on many a badge and bracelet in vain, but Anne sort of "gets" me - looking out at me from the case of my ever present phone and converting my doubt and anxiety to something more solid, more practical. Or it is that I "get" her. That is to say the woman I have made of her, which may or may not be exactly who she was… As I stand in the queue at Bounds Green Tesco, laden only with Strongbow and cream filled doughnuts, listing the musical theatre songs I wish to belt out and annoy my neighbours with when I get home, I contemplate a personal theory that it really does not matter if I have understood Anne *exactly* for who she was. I think she would take great solace in knowing that someone 481 years removed from her considers her an icon of strength and grace. I should only be so lucky to be remembered as such. After 5 very loud songs (which I sing better now than I ever did when it mattered how I sang) and part way in to the Strongbow supply (I know, it’s so delightfully trashy!) I feel that such cerebration has done me good this evening and that, had Anne been alive today, this may well have been what Anne would have done. 💖😘🔥🍷💋💄👠👑
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Author - Helena ChristieLittle Welsh Sprite. A Manager of people. A wearer of heels. A drinker of gin. A disciple of musical theatre and medieval history. You can find me on Twitter under @HistoryWithHelz and @HelenaChristie4 Archives
July 2018
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