The ghost of Queen Anne Boleyn is quite a unique phenomenon in the world of the paranormal. Unlike most ghost who haunt a certain locality, Queen Anne Boleyn's ghost is said to haunt a number of different locations through out the UK. Her spirit seems to have left a permanent imprint1 on the fabric2 of her surroundings, which is perhaps down to the impact she made in life and her traumatic death as to why her ghost still persists more than 500 years after her execution.
Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King Henry VIII, with their marriage changing the course of english history. King Henry was already married to Catherine of aragon and could not obtain a divorce from the roman catholic church. In order to obtain his divorce he therefore created a reformed version of the church, putting himself at the head - a direct challenge of authority to the pope.
Having obtained his divorce and married Anne, the King's most important desire was for Anne to conceive a male heir. his previous queen had only given him a female heir, Princess Mary. On 7th September 1533 Anne Boleyn gave birth to a girl, Elizabeth (who was later to become Queen Elizabeth I). After her birth, the relationship between the King and Anne Boleyn deteriorated3, and he began to court a new queen in Jane Seymour.
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However, Anne became pregnant again, and there was a brief reconciliation4, but the child was stillborn. Henry determined5 to get rid of Anne Boleyn and came up with a charge of treason, arresting and confining her to the tower of london. Her execution had been scheduled for 18 May 1536 but actually took place the following day as there had been a delay while a skilled executioner was brought in from France.
Queen anne boleyn is one of the most enduring ghosts at the tower of London. Queen Anne is buried under the chapel's altar, with her ghost being spotted6 there on many occasions. Anne Boleyn has also often been seen standing7 at the window in the dean's cloister8 at windsor castle.
Anne Boleyn's ghost also appears in the grounds of blickling hall dressed all in white, seated in a ghostly carriage that is drawn9 by headless horses, spurred on by a headless coachman. Anne too is headless, holding her severed10 head securely in her lap. On arrival at blickling hall the coach and driver vanish leaving the headless Anne to glide11 alone into blickling hall where she roams the corridors and rooms until daybreak.
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The magnificent blickling hall was built during the reign12 of King James I, by the holbert family, on the ruins of the old boleyn family property. Blickling hall in norfolk has recently topped a national trust poll as the trust's most haunted building. Blickling hall was in the possession of the Boleyn family between 1499 and 1507. There is a statue and portrait of Anne Boleyn in the hall, the statue is inscribed13 "Anna Bolena born here 1507".
Her brother, lord rochford, also appears on the same night, he too is headless although he doesn't enjoy the comfort of a carriage, for he is dragged across the surrounding countryside by four headless horses.
Sir Thomas Boleyn, who stated his belief of anne's guilt14 at her trial has not found peace in death. Every year, for a thousand years to do as penance15, tradition says he is obliged to drive his spectral16 coach and horses over twelve bridges that lie between wroxham and blickling.
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1 imprint
n.印痕，痕跡；深刻的印象；vt.壓印，牢記
參考例句：
That dictionary is published under the Longman imprint.那本詞典以朗曼公司的名義出版。 Her speech left its imprint on me.她的演講 給我留下了深刻印象。
2 fabric
n.織物，織品，布；構(gòu)造，結(jié)構(gòu)，組織
參考例句：
The fabric will spot easily.這種織品很容易玷污。 I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜歡那塊布料上的圖案。
3 deteriorated
惡化，變壞( deteriorate的過去式和過去分詞 )
參考例句：
Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康狀況急劇惡化，不久便去世了。 His condition steadily deteriorated. 他的病情惡化，日甚一日。
4 reconciliation
n.和解，和諧，一致
參考例句：
He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻間的調(diào)解工作。 Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他們的握手似乎是和解的表示。
5 determined
adj.堅定的；有決心的
參考例句：
I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已決定畢業(yè)后去西藏。 He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他決定查看一下辦公室后面的房間。
6 spotted
adj.有斑點的，斑紋的，弄污了的
參考例句：
The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商從一群200頭牛中選出有斑點的牛。 Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯積了有斑點的短襪。
7 standing
n.持續(xù)，地位；adj.永久的，不動的，直立的，不流動的
參考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震過后只有幾幢房屋還立著。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他們堅決反對對法律做任何修改。
8 cloister
n.修道院；v.隱退，使與世隔絕
參考例句：
They went out into the stil,shadowy cloister garden.他們出了房間，走到那個寂靜陰沉的修道院的園子里去。 The ancient cloister was a structure of red brick picked out with white stone.古老的修道院是一座白石襯托著的紅磚建筑物。
9 drawn
v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，緊張的
參考例句：
All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物 都取材于生活。 Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的風(fēng)景所吸引。
10 severed
v.切斷，斷絕( sever的過去式和過去分詞 )；斷，裂
參考例句：
The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 醫(yī)生說我割斷了腿上的一根血管。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》 We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我們與那個國家斷絕了外交關(guān)系。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》
11 glide
n./v.溜，滑行；(時間)消逝
參考例句：
We stood in silence watching the snake glide effortlessly.我們噤若寒蟬地站著，眼看那條蛇逍遙自在地游來游去。 So graceful was the ballerina that she just seemed to glide.那芭蕾舞女演員翩躚起舞，宛如滑翔。
12 reign
n.統(tǒng)治時期，統(tǒng)治，支配，盛行；v.占優(yōu)勢
參考例句：
The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊麗莎白王朝延至17世紀(jì)。 The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋統(tǒng)治了大約三十一年。
13 inscribed
v.寫，刻( inscribe的過去式和過去分詞 )；內(nèi)接
參考例句：
His name was inscribed on the trophy. 他的名字刻在獎杯上。 The names of the dead were inscribed on the wall. 死者的名字被刻在墻上。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》
14 guilt
n.犯罪；內(nèi)疚；過失，罪責(zé)
參考例句：
She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企圖用謊言掩飾自己的罪行。 Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.別因為功課責(zé)備孩子而使他覺得很內(nèi)疚。
15 penance
n.（贖罪的）懲罪
參考例句：
They had confessed their sins and done their penance.他們已經(jīng)告罪并做了補贖。 She knelt at her mother's feet in penance.她懺悔地跪在母親腳下。
16 spectral
adj.幽靈的，鬼魂的
參考例句：
At times he seems rather ordinary.At other times ethereal,perhaps even spectral.有時他好像很正常，有時又難以捉摸，甚至像個幽靈。 She is compelling,spectral fascinating,an unforgettably unique performer.她極具吸引力，清幽如鬼魅，令人著迷，令人難忘，是個獨具特色的演員。
《The Ghost of Queen Anne Boleyn》添加時間：2024-12-14；更新時間：2025-03-09
