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Hever Castle
The castle is best known as the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, the second and arguably most influential wife of Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I. It was at Hever Castle that Anne first met Henry who became infatuated with her after his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, failed to provide him with a male heir and he tired of his former mistress, Anne's sister, Mary.
Henry's passion for Anne led him to reform the Church of England, placing himself at its head, in order to divorce Catherine. However, Henry and Anne's life together was not to end happily as he became enraged with her for not providing him with a son. In 1536 Anne was arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London on a charge of High Treason based on adultery and incest with her brother. Anne was executed on 19th May 1536, Henry went on to marry another four times and Hever Castle was reverted to the Crown.
The oldest parts of the castle, the gatehouse, walled bailey, moat and drawbridge date back to 1270. The Boleyn family added the Tudor dwelling inside the castle wall in 1500. Finally, in 1903 William Astor extensively restored the castle, filled it with treasures and built the private wing (now available for hire for private functions), gardens and lake.
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