![]() ![]() Could we speculate that her time with her mother-in-law Queen Margaret of Anjou, a powerful and independent woman, had some influence on her? Queen Margaret of Anjou ![]() Rather than cast Anne as the unwilling victim in her first marriage you argue that her time as a Lancaster Princess may have shaped her later ambitions. So I had to strip back to what was known, which is not much, then consider what reasonably might be inferred and start from there. Very difficult indeed, there was so little surviving and because of this, so many myths had arisen in literature and film. Was it difficult to research Anne considering the lack of contemporary accounts? It seems incredible that Anne Neville was married to Prince Edward of Lancaster and King Richard III, yet she remains one of our most elusive Queens. Was Anne Neville truly a hapless victim in the political games of the Wars of the Roses, or did she have ambitions of her own? Amy Licence joined us for a fresh look at Anne Neville, Anne the survivor, the wife, the mother and the woman behind the throne of the most notorious King of England. She remains one of the most elusive women in history. And just over a decade later, Anne Neville became the Queen of England. ![]() ![]() She was the daughter of one of the most powerful men of the Middle Ages, a Princess of Lancaster by the age of fourteen, a widow at fifteen, and a royal Duchess of York by the age of sixteen. Anne Neville: Richard III’s Tragic Queen by Amy Licence ![]()
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