Happy New Year to all.
Anne de Mowbray died young and she married Richard of Shrewsbury, duke of York, at a still younger age. What if Anne were to survive? If everything goes as OTL will she go into sanctuary alongside her in-laws? Or will she be spared by Richard III? How will she fare under a Tudor regime (widow to a murdered prince - much like Anne Neville was in 1471 - under a regime whose legitimacy depends on her husband being dead)? And what of when Perkin Warbeck shows up? I suspect, that much like with Louis XVII, they won't get someone who knew him (Madame Royal for Louis; Elizabeth of York or Anne de Mowbray for Perkin) to identify him and say he is/isn't. And even if they do, it's not like anyone who has a beef with Henry is going to believe the "discrediting".
Anne de Mowbray died young and she married Richard of Shrewsbury, duke of York, at a still younger age. What if Anne were to survive? If everything goes as OTL will she go into sanctuary alongside her in-laws? Or will she be spared by Richard III? How will she fare under a Tudor regime (widow to a murdered prince - much like Anne Neville was in 1471 - under a regime whose legitimacy depends on her husband being dead)? And what of when Perkin Warbeck shows up? I suspect, that much like with Louis XVII, they won't get someone who knew him (Madame Royal for Louis; Elizabeth of York or Anne de Mowbray for Perkin) to identify him and say he is/isn't. And even if they do, it's not like anyone who has a beef with Henry is going to believe the "discrediting".