How true to life is the move 'the other boleyn girl'?

Question:It is known to be a fact that Mary Boleyn was henry vIII's mistress for a time. However, no other details are known. The only historical record of their relationship is the dispensation that Henry asked for from the Pope when he wanted to marry Anne Boleyn, because he had slept with her sister, and therefore that put Anne within the forbidden degree of relationships. Apart from that, there are absolutely no known details about their affair.

Some people believe that the children of Mary's marriage to William Carey were really Henry's, but this is unlikely, since Henry never acknowledged them. His only acknowledged bastard was Henry Fitzroy, whose mother was a woman called Bessie blount, who was Henry's mistress before Mary Boleyn. it is likely that his affair with Mary was over before her children were conceived.

All the romantic details in the book about Mary being in love with Henry etc are made up, since we know nothing at all about what Mary thought or felt, there is no record at all of her feelings about Henry. After William Carey died, Mary married a man of a lower social class, which caused her sister to fall out with her, but there is no indication that they fell out over Henry VIII.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It is known to be a fact that Mary Boleyn was henry vIII's mistress for a time. However, no other details are known. The only historical record of their relationship is the dispensation that Henry asked for from the Pope when he wanted to marry Anne Boleyn, because he had slept with her sister, and therefore that put Anne within the forbidden degree of relationships. Apart from that, there are absolutely no known details about their affair.

Some people believe that the children of Mary's marriage to William Carey were really Henry's, but this is unlikely, since Henry never acknowledged them. His only acknowledged bastard was Henry Fitzroy, whose mother was a woman called Bessie blount, who was Henry's mistress before Mary Boleyn. it is likely that his affair with Mary was over before her children were conceived.

All the romantic details in the book about Mary being in love with Henry etc are made up, since we know nothing at all about what Mary thought or felt, there is no record at all of her feelings about Henry. After William Carey died, Mary married a man of a lower social class, which caused her sister to fall out with her, but there is no indication that they fell out over Henry VIII.

Well there was a sister called Mary Boleyn. She was Henry VIIIs mistress before he fell in love with Anne. As with many of Henry's mistresses, he secured her with a marriage after.
As Mary had been Henry's mistress, the subsequent marriage of Henry to Mary's sister was just as illegal as Henry's to Catherine of Aragon, but it didn't let him stop it. Anne refused to become the King's mistress, not giving into his sexual advances for fear of losing his interest.
The sisters werer not close & moved in different social circles.