Henry VIII's Love Letters to Anne Boleyn

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The following are two reviews of the same six-part television series (one part for each wife of Henry VIII). There is no need to read the content of (1), whose title is  funny.

(1) John Anderson, Real Housewives of Henry VIII. Wall Street Journal, Jan 20, 2017.

(2) Margaret Lyons, This Weekend I Have * * * an Hour, and I Like History. New York Times, Jan 20, 2017.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/ ... -six-wives-pbs.html

Note:
(a) Anne Boleyn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn

Quote: "The spelling of the Boleyn name was variable, as common at the time. Sometimes it was written as Bullen, hence the bull heads which formed part of her family arms. At the court of Margaret of Austria in the Netherlands, Anne is listed as Boullan. From there she signed the letter to her father as Anna de Boullan. She is also referred to as 'Anna Bolina;' this Latinised form is used in most portraits of her.

(i) Historians have debated whether she was born in 1501 or 1507 (but she was beheaded on May 19, 1536). She was outside England 1533 -- 1522, when she returned from French court. Where and how she met Henry VIII for the first time is unknown, but her sister Mary was Henry VIII's mistress for a short while. (Anne had a sister (Mary) and a brother, but their order of birth -- hence age of each -- is unknown.
(ii) Apparently Henry VIII wrote Ann Boleyn love letters while both were in England (after 1522). Henry VIII were also fluent in Latin, French and Spanish. Why the letter were written in French is unclear. he love letter ended up in Vatican Library.

(b) Henry VIII Love Letter Exhibited. BBC, Feb 13, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/7887826.stm
("Probably written in January 1528")

(c) Mike Collett-White, Henry VIII Letter That 'Changed History" on Show. Reuters, Apr 23, 2009.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-henryviii-idUSTRE53M3JD20090423
(the exhibition: "Henry VIII: Man and Monarch" at London's British Library * * * The 1527 [BBC said 1528] the letter was undated] letter is one of 17 Henry wrote to Boleyn [all Henry's love letters were not dated; Anne's replies were lost to time] * * * 'We see the hand (Henry's handwriting) really for the first time with the love letter to Anne Boleyn,' said historian David Starkey who curated the exhibition which runs until September 6")

* There is no need to read the rest of the Reuters report.