Elizabeth I’s Iconic White Makeup: The Underlying Dark Truth

Published on 08/26/2021
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Accepting The Truth

Despite the fact that her condition was deteriorating, Elizabeth maintained to insist it was not smallpox. Burcot was ultimately summoned to her bedside for a second trip. And it appears that the queen grudgingly accepted the diagnosis this time. She, too, seemed to have acted in a dramatic manner.

Accepting The Truth

Accepting The Truth

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