![]() ![]() The surviving document shows that someone - perhaps a tactful adult - erased a downstroke from the ‘R’, returning Elizabeth Stuart to her rank as ‘Elizabeth P’, or ‘Elizabeth Principessa’. ![]() ![]() At 13, grandeur got the better of her when she signed herself ‘Elizabeth R’, her most exact copy yet of the queen’s mark. She even practised her signature until it was almost indistinguishable from Elizabeth I’s famous flourishes. The young daughter of James I plucked her hairline to imitate her father’s predecessor, the great Tudor queen.Īged ten, she was painted with a vivid red wig, dripping in jewels recognisably inherited from her godmother. Elizabeth Stuart, a princess herself, took this fantasy a step further and modelled herself from childhood on her godmother and namesake, Elizabeth I. Many girls dream about their favourite princesses. ![]()
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