Hugo Vickers, the authorized biographer of Beaton, recalled that one client objected to the extent of alterations on her portrait: Queen Elizabeth II’s mother, widely known as the Queen Mother.

click image for close-up When Elizabeth Freeman was nearly 70 years old, Susan Ridley Sedgewick painted a miniature portrait of her in watercolor on ivory. Sedgewick was the young wife of Theodore ...

The Princess Royal has taken on a new role with a very special link to her mother and the news was announced on the ...

This portrait shows a young Elizabeth I from before she became Queen. It is housed at Hever Castle in Kent, where her mother grew up. She is dressed in black cloth with gold embroidery.

"With the exception of her daughter Anne, the Queen was closer to Sophie than any of the other royal women," Seward told the publication. "It really was a genuine closeness, and Elizabeth was ...

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother £5 coin Marking 125 years since the birth of the Queen Mother, the coin depicts a portrait that formed part of a design marking her 80th birthday in 1980.

A portrait of Elizabeth I ... rather than ‘Lady Princess’. Despite her mother’s fate, Elizabeth looked up to her father. When she became queen, she would often proudly make reference ...

Kate's pose is reminiscent of a rather iconic portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II ... "To the most incredible wife and mother. The strength you've shown over the last year has been remarkable.

Elizabeth Freeman was probably born in 1742 ... and the tenderest friend. Good mother, farewell." ...