#this will sound rude but there's a lot of moral hypocrisy in this camp

[fideidefenswhore]

wow. until you said it i'd never considered that koa's side would see henry cheating on anne as cheating on koa, even if they were fine with it if it undermined anne. thank you.

Yeah, the Imperial Lady emerges at very much a boiling point of sorts-- it's right after Anne's first miscarriage, so the time is ripe, and it's also just after the Pope has finally declared Henry and Catherine's marriage valid, so I believe that was a crossing of the Rubicon for those that had already somewhat been on the fence re: religious changes in the kingdom... but, unlike Jane materializing officially unto the record Feb 1536 (so, some believe this means the relationship with Henry began late January at earliest), Catherine is still very much alive and the Pope has declared for her.

So, in that case, although she's mainly referred to as Mary's supporter, by virtue of being categorized as favorable to the 'Imperial' party by Chapuys, one would assume it's the entire reinstatement, or at least leniency towards, these two women she was in support of, that she was in contact with those that were in support of their reinstatement, etc. The irony being that she's of course still a mistress herself (so how much was she Catherine's 'friend', or Mary's for that matter, who would have thought of her as a mistress even if she liked that she was causing Anne distress?), despite that she apparently didn't pay due deference towards Anne, one assumes because she believed she was no more than one (so if there was judgement there for Anne being Henry's mistress, the perception that had been only for preferement, either before marriage, or that she still was...lol).