When Anne Boleyn returned to England from France in late 1521, she wasn’t coming back for love, ambition, or a crown.

She was being recalled for politics.

Her return was prompted not by royal interest, but by a proposed marriage, a diplomatic solution to a dangerous inheritance dispute in Ireland.

If that plan had gone ahead, Anne might have become Countess of Ormond, living at Kilkenny Castle.
No queenship.
No religious revolution.
No execution at the Tower of London.

In this episode of my Anne Boleyn series, I explore:

• Why Anne was recalled from France
• The Ormond inheritance dispute and Tudor Ireland
• The political marriage planned between Anne and James Butler
• How marriage functioned as a tool of Tudor diplomacy
• Anne’s return to court and her first public appearance at Château Vert
• Why this moment is not the start of a royal love story with Henry VIII

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