"Is it his wife's influence? She certainly seems to egg him on but we're given no reason why she should have anything against Anne - historically, Brandon's last wife was Catherine Willoughby, daughter of Maria de Salinas, one of Katherine of Aragon's closest ladies in waiting, one who accompanied her from Spain but Catherine Brooke is given no backstory that would explain why she would be so eager to encourage her husband to destroy Anne."

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They were jealous of each other's relationship with Henry.
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Why do you think she wouldn't be? Brandon was one of Henry's "favorites" at court and she knew it. Henry forgave Brandon for things he would have had others executed for (such as marrying Princess Mary without royal permission). As well as being typical court politics, it is also fairly common among alot of new wives and the groom's best buds.
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"That really puzzled me too. The series made me think that Catherine Brooke (Willoughby)'s dislike of Anne was some what religious based but that wasn't true at all because Willoughby was a Protestant and a dear friend of Catherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of Henry who was also a saunch Reformist."

"Perhaps Brandon felt that Anne seduced Henry rather than the other way round. Wonder if Cromwell knew of Brandon's hatred and used it to assist in the trumped up charges used against her?"

"it is odd that he hates Anne so much. But then again, did he really hate her? What about the confrontation with her Father when he asked him if he watched his childrens' executions. He had sympathy at that point. He also looked disturbed at the beheading. He also looked disbelieving when Henry commented about Anne being with 100 men. He looked perplexed and shocked at Henry's wild imagination. Maybe he was guilty in the end when he knew that he had contributed to 2 deaths. I do not know if this was the case in history. I find his hatred odd because she really did not target Charles. She tried to protect herself. "

"In the final episode, did anyone notice that he was the last to kneel to pray for Anne's soul? And he showed little or no emotion during her speech. "