The Boleyns Win This Round in 'Wolf Hall's "Anna Regina"

As Wolf Hall reaches its midpoint, Thomas Cromwell has lost his protector in Wolsey and needs to find a way to keep himself at the king's right hand, lest Henry suddenly turn on him. What better way than to hook one's self to a rising star? As Katherine of Aragon faces being deposed, Anne Boleyn begins to conquer her enemies, making her ascension to the throne as queen a sure bet. Cromwell knows that every game is a risk, but it's 1533, and it's not like the king is going to get divorced and remarried four more times in the next ten years, right?

Anne: People should say whatever will keep them alive. You would, wouldn't you?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that no matter what type of period drama we are facing or what channel it airs on if the prestige drama focuses upon a family with peerage pretensions, there will be an episode with a wedding. If royalty is involved, there will also be a coronation. From Downton Abbey (which remarkably held out until Season 3 before giving us nuptials) to Poldark, at some point, the wedding gown is wheeled out. Coronations and weddings happen in Victoria, Game of Thrones, and The Crown (which also married and coronated Claire Foy).