""she that was dull, stupid, without grace of form, knew no music and could not sing, blah, blah etc," but to me, I though her the loveliest of Henry the VIIIth's wives."
I have always heard that Holbein embellished a bit in his interpretation of Anne and that, when they finally met, Henry was none too happy with the actual model.
LOL! I would say that Anne was far more shocked by seeing Henry than Henry was at seeing Anne. By the time they met Henry was quite obese and had runny ulcerated sores on his legs which smelled very badly. I think the eventual divorce made her very happy for two reasons. 1) She got rid of Henry; and 2) She got to keep her head on her shoulders and die peacefully in her own bed. :O)