It's a rumour that's been floating around for centuries... but where did it come from and is there any basis for it in fact? Did Anne Boleyn have six fingers?

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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

Portrait of Anne Boleyn by an unknown English artist (late 16th century, based on a work of c.15331536). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Margaret of Austria, Archduchess of Savoy by Bernard van Orley (first half of 16th century). Held by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

Portrait drawing of Queen Claude of France, Duchess of Brittany by an unknown artist of the Ecole Française (16th century). Held by the Louvre Museum.

Portrait drawing of James Butler, later 9th Earl of Ormond and 2nd Earl of Ossory by Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1537). Held by the Royal Collection.

Medallion image of Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland.

Portrait of Sir Thomas Wyatt by an unknown artist, after Hans Holbein the Younger (16th century). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Henry VIII after Hans Holbein (after 1537). Held by the Walker Art Gallery.

Photograph of the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, in the Tower of London, England, taken by Michael Coppins (2016).

Ink sketch of Pierre de Bourdeille by an unknown artist (before 1614). Marked with the stamp of the Bibliotheque Royale.

Portrait of a young woman (argued by Susan James and Jamie Franco to be Catherine Howard), workshop of Hans Holbein (c.15401545). Held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.