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

Published on 08/26/2021
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They Saw Her Bared Face

Elizabeth’s meticulously manicured look, on the other hand, faltered on at least one time. Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex and a former favorite of the queen, barged into the royal bedroom, fed up with being kept waiting. He saw the Queen there before she had finished applying her makeup.

They Saw Her Bared Face

They Saw Her Bared Face

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