Anne of Cleves

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When Henry first met Anna of Cleves, he disguised himself, possibly imagining some sort of a romantic reaction. Apparently, when Henry kissed Anna, she turned away coldly from the hideous stranger molesting her. The witness, Lord Russell, observed that he ‘never saw His Highness so marvelously astonished.’

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