Elizabeth i: mother’s girl

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The Virgin Queen lionised her father, Henry VIII, in public. Yet, writes

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If she had given the monarch a male heir, the crowns of England and Scotland might never have been united

The Ear of the Beholder Huon Mallalieu (Thomas ...

Cultural Crusader

A new exhibition explores the enduring style of the infamous 18th-century French queen

Andrew Graham-Dixon tells Carla Passino why he thinks we have read Vermeer wrong all along– and who the Girl with a Pearl Earring really is

The Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London EC2

If she had given the monarch a male heir, the crowns of England and Scotland might never have been united

The Ear of the Beholder Huon Mallalieu (Thomas ...

Cultural Crusader

A new exhibition explores the enduring style of the infamous 18th-century French queen

Andrew Graham-Dixon tells Carla Passino why he thinks we have read Vermeer wrong all along– and who the Girl with a Pearl Earring really is

The Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London EC2