Today, it is a pleasure to welcome my dear friend, Carol Ann Lloyd, to History… the Interesting Bits, with an article on the love life of Queen Elizabeth I. Carol Ann’s new bookCourting the Virgin Queen: Queen Elizabeth I and Her Suitorsis due to be released on 30 July by Pen and...
After seeing Holbein’s portrait of Anne, Henry agreed, taking delight in “the pretty, doll-like face that looked back at him, with its fair hair, delicate eyes, mouth and chin, and demure, maidenly expression,” writes historianTracy Bormanin...