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Why did Queen Elizabeth do her own make-up for her coronation?

Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth did not want her personal beauty consultant to put make-up on her face for the coronation, but asked her to go to Buckingham Palace early that morning “in case something went wrong.” Oscar Wilde’s grandson Merlin Holland’s memoirs about his mother Thelma Holland (née Besant), a beautician to both the monarch… Read More »

The Queen received a ‘get well soon’ card from the Dames and Hamlets on behalf of the King at the Shakespeare event

Queen Camilla photographed with stars including Joanna Lumley, Floella Benjamin and Twiggy Lawson – CHRIS JACKSON/AFP More than a dozen “Women and Hamlets” joined in to toast the Queen’s health, while a super-sized get-well card was sent to the King from leading figures in British theatre. The Queen attended the Shakespeare celebration at Grosvenor House… Read More »