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the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife. A portrait of Elizabeth I, painted when she was around 13 years old. She is holding a prayer book, which symbolises her faith and ...

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Queen Elizabeth I set all the trends at court...even down to her sugar-rotted teeth. Famous for her love of sugar and all things sweet, the queen’s blackened teeth even became a beauty trend, with ...

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Starring the six wives of King Henry VIII – Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr – the show turns these unfortunate queens from ...