16-02-2015 01:01 via theguardian.com

Possible Anne Boleyn portrait found using facial recognition software

Images of beheaded queen were destroyed after her death in 1536, leaving only one contemporary likeness She won the heart of King Henry VIII, divided the church and lost her head. But nearly 500 years after Anne Boleyn met her death, only one uncontested portrait of her remains.
Pictures of the beguiling queen – who is played by a steely Claire Foy in the hit BBC historical drama Wolf Hall – were roundly destroyed after her death in 1536. The concerted effort to erase her from history was
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