It was all planned and executed by Thomas Cromwell, who ploted Anne Boleyn's downfall and execution. Cromwell felt that Anne was a big threat to him as there had been many conflicts between the two. They have been arguing over the handling and distribution of monetary gains after the dissolvation of the monestaries and also about the foreign policy, forcing Cromwell to hatch up a plan to topple Anne from power as Queen in case she wreck his plans.
Also, Anne preferred a Franch Alliance while Cromwell desired a imperial alliance, showing the increase rift between the two. He did not want to lose this crucial alliance, so try to frame Anne so that she could not get what she want. If she was allowed to be continued on as Queen, the country would be plunged into deep waters, and he himself would be in dire straits, so he need to do something to bring down Anne.
He conspired with the Chapuys to bring down Anne and her family, so he arrested 5 men who were accused for sleeping with her, one of them that includes her own brother George Boleyn. Anne was charged with incest, treason and also adultery. However, there was only one of them who confessed that he had sleeped with her, but without enough concrete evidence, the jury denounced Anne's innocence and pronounced her guilty, and she was beheaded. Cromwell succeeded in overthrowing the Queen.
Other conspirary theories like her husband Henry had already known about the plot and also just after her death, Henry was chasing after another woman Jane Seymour, and also bethroned her, so leaving dobts whether Anne's execution was masterminded by Henry to wed Jane. Or the other theory where people thought that Anne was actually a witch, but all these groundless claims were unfounded.
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