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Anne Boleyn's final days re-enacted in London

Historic Royal Palaces Anne Boleyn on a boatHistoric Royal Palaces
Anne Boleyn was appointed as lady-in-waiting to Henry VIII's first wife Catherine of Aragon

The last moments of Anne Boleyn who was the first English queen to be executed have been re-enacted.

The launch of the Last Days of Anne Boleyn saw her journey from Greenwich to the Tower of London, where she was imprisoned, brought back to life.

The play at the Tower follows the final 17 days of her life from her imprisonment and interrogation, through to her trial and execution in 1536.

The wife of Henry VIII had been accused of adultery and witchcraft.

Richard Lea-Hair Anne in GreenwichRichard Lea-Hair
Anne Boleyn married Henry VIII in a secret ceremony in January 1533 after she fell pregnant and she was crowned Queen of England in June
Richard Lea-Hair Anne being led away from Greenwich by guardsRichard Lea-Hair
She was investigated by a secret commission which included her father, her uncle the Duke of Norfolk and Thomas Cromwell
Historic Royal Palaces Anne Boleyn in GreenwichHistoric Royal Palaces
On 2 May 1536 Anne was arrested on charges of adultery with five men including her own brother, Lord George Rochford
Historic Royal Palaces Anne Boleyn being shipped to the Tower of London on a rowing boatHistoric Royal Palaces
At the trial, presided over by her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk, Anne Boleyn was accused of adultery and witchcraft
Historic Royal Palaces Anne Boleyn walking up to Tower of LondonHistoric Royal Palaces
During her imprisonment at the Tower her family were forbidden to see her
Historic Royal Palaces Anne Boleyn walking up to Tower of LondonHistoric Royal Palaces
She was convicted and imprisoned in the Tower of London where she was granted the "mercy" of beheading by a French swordsman
Historic Royal Palaces Anne being led from her quarters to Tower GreenHistoric Royal Palaces
On 19 May 1536, Anne was led from her quarters to Tower Green where she became the first English queen to be executed