{"id":437,"date":"2008-02-28T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T05:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2016-11-28T00:04:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T05:04:46","slug":"anne-boleyn-for-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/anne-boleyn-for-dummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne Boleyn for Dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypictures.com\/movies\/theotherboleyngirl\/\">The Other Boleyn Girl<\/a> opens in theaters today.  I was reading about the movie on some random website and noticed this in the comments: &#8220;Why are they using the Ugly Betty necklace in the Boleyn movie?&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fuckinggoogleit.com\/\">Why indeed<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypictures.com\/movies\/theotherboleyngirl\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8Y60cv5XvI\/AAAAAAAACNA\/pVsMWbqdFr8\/s400\/boleyngirlposter.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171885894826286834\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Allow me to explain. Let&#8217;s start with a simple image search for &#8220;Anne Boleyn.&#8221; It will result in multiple links to this famous portrait of her.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/anne%20boleyn\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8ZBzcv5XxI\/AAAAAAAACNQ\/oAU_4P8UCNI\/s320\/anneboleyn.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171893574227812114\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>That is Anne Boleyn wearing a &#8220;B&#8221; pendant. &#8220;B&#8221; stands for Boleyn. Got it? Good! So why does Ugly Betty wear a copy of that pendant? Because &#8220;B&#8221; can also stand for Betty. I know some of you are thinking, &#8220;You&#8217;ve got to be kidding me!&#8221; But seriously, peeps, I&#8217;ve seen questions like this all over teh Internets. Not everyone is gorgeous AND smart like you bitches.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:446px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/93375288\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:133.183857% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/93375288?et=9DtL0njSRwZ7aZBWUSRf1w&#038;viewMoreLink=on&#038;sig=ut63m-99RK5VrDUX9VKR-rwrJ3yj739FwrSFbqjBPWc=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"446\" height=\"594\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, fairly inexpensive copies of the Boleyn portrait necklace have been around for years, and an Ugly Betty stylist picked one for the show.<\/p>\n<p>I wear a &#8220;B&#8221; necklace too. Why? Because &#8220;B&#8221; stands for Brandes, as in Wendy Brandes. I preferred my initial pendant to stand for my last name rather than my first name, the same as Anne&#8217;s necklace did.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8ZFcMv5XzI\/AAAAAAAACNg\/bvXgbECL-Ho\/s320\/Boleyn+necklace+1.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171897572842364722\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" >Boleyn necklace in 18K yellow and rose gold and diamonds<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" >\u00a9 Wendy Brandes 2007-2008<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" ><span style=\"font-size:78%;\">(Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muggphoto.com\/\">John Muggenborg<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" ><span style=\"font-size:78%;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" ><span style=\"font-size:78%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span>In other ways, my necklace differs from the original. I didn&#8217;t use any pearls. I also changed the shape and added a crown. I thought the original was pretty fabulous for the 16th century, but I was looking for something a bit more graceful for myself. No offense intended to <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/anne%20boleyn\">AnneB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, and you can order my necklace in any letter you want. You&#8217;re not required to get a &#8220;B&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t get enough of Anne? Once again, here are the links to my old posts. (I&#8217;ll stop reposting these as soon as I stop seeing stupid questions online. In other words, you&#8217;ll never see the end of them.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/thursday-book-club-introduction-to-anne.html\">Introduction to Anne Boleyn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/thursday-book-club-anne-boleyn.html\">Anne Boleyn, Continued<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/thursday-book-club-more-anne-boleyn.html\">More Anne Boleyn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My gorgeous sister, Terri Berry, was going to pick up one of the Anne biographies, but I suggested she read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wives-Henry-VIII-Antonia-Fraser\/dp\/067973001X\">The Wives of Henry VIII<\/a> first. It covers all the basics on Anne and provides more context about the reign of <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/thursday-book-club-jane-seymour.html\">Henry teh 8<\/a> than an Anne-centric biography does. That&#8217;s my recommendation for anyone looking for some post-Boleyn Girl nonfiction.<\/p>\n<p>Writing about the &#8220;B&#8221; reminded me of the giant &#8220;M&#8221; that my photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muggphoto.com\/\">John Muggenborg <\/a>has hanging on the wall of his studio.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.muggphoto.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8eIOa--XUI\/AAAAAAAACPo\/2hnRUMP0T28\/s320\/20080220_0079.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172252478401305922\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>It could use some diamonds, don&#8217;t you think?<\/p>\n<p>(To buy your own Boleyn necklace, contact me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com.) <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Other Boleyn Girl opens in theaters today. I was reading about the movie on some random website and noticed this in the comments: &#8220;Why are they using the Ugly Betty necklace in the Boleyn movie?&#8221; Why indeed? Allow me to explain. Let&#8217;s start with a simple image search for &#8220;Anne Boleyn.&#8221; It will result&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/anne-boleyn-for-dummies\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[78,86,43,13,37,39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-anne-boleyn","7":"category-movies","8":"category-my-designs","9":"category-necklaces","10":"category-queens","11":"category-tv","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34781,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/34781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}