Perfect Appearance
Throughout it all, Elizabeth kept her appearance spotless. “Elizabeth’s contemporaries believed that beauty amplified female power, and so they regarded the queen’s splendor as confirmation of her claim to the throne,” British historian Dr. Anna Whitelock told the BBC in 2015. The queen’s success was determined by her ability to keep a charming appearance. In her later years, she went to considerable lengths to persuade the country of her attractiveness.
Perfect Appearance
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