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Henry first went to meet her at Rochester on her journey from Dover.
According to the sworn testimony of his companions, he was promptly disappointed with her appearance, although there are many documents from the time which describe how Henry and some of his courtiers sneaked into the room where Anne was watching bull-fighting, wearing masks and cloaks, when Henry boldly kissed her.
Henry, being of tall stature and well-built in his youth, had been instantly recognised by his past wives when acting out this courtly-love tradition, although Anne had never met her husband-to-be before, and pushed him away startled, cursing in German.
Henry did then reveal his true identity to Anne, although he is said to have been put off the marriage from then on.
Most historians believe that he later used her ' bad ' appearance and incapability in bed as excuses, saying how he felt he had been misled, for everyone had praised Anne's attractions: " She is nothing so fair as she hath been reported ," he complained.
Henry urged Cromwell to find a legal way to avoid the marriage but, by this point, doing so was impossible without endangering the vital alliance with the Germans.

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