England's Virgin Queen: Her Story & Facial Reconstructions Revealed | Royalty Now

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  • Elizabeth I lived a life of tremendous ups and downs. In her 69 years, she was at one point a bastard Princess, a prisoner, and a glorious monarch - ruling as a woman in her own right. Elizabeth was one of the most astute rulers England ever had. So what did she really look like? In today’s video, we’ll explore her life, history, and true appearance. We’ll discuss which portraits of her may be the most accurate, her resemblance to her mother Anne Boleyn, and of course reveal some re-creations.
    Narration & Art: Becca Segovia
    Writing, Editing & Music Direction: Andre Segovia
    0:00 Introduction
    0:24 Early Life
    6:32 Elizabeth as Queen
    9:39 Romance With Robert Dudley
    12:02 Smallpox
    13:00 Mary, Queen of Scots
    17:09 Spanish Armada
    18:22 Later Years
    19:45 What did Elizabeth Really Look Like?
    23:54 Facial Reconstructions Revealed
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  • @RoyaltyNowStudios
    @RoyaltyNowStudios  ปีที่แล้ว +52

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    • @michellemullinax6569
      @michellemullinax6569 ปีที่แล้ว

      0⁰⁰⁰⁰

    • @VG-hl1fl
      @VG-hl1fl ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do you have a blog or recommendation of a blog that covers King Henry viii, his wives, Elizabeth 1, etc? When I cannot watch these videos I would love to listen on my Bose SoundTouch while I'm doing work around the house. Thanks

    • @amruthaavula2140
      @amruthaavula2140 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maybe an unlikely request, but can you do a portrait of how Lady Diana would have looked like in the Elizabethan or Victorian era please?

    • @bettyjohnson7832
      @bettyjohnson7832 ปีที่แล้ว

      Àa

    • @geoffreyshubert2263
      @geoffreyshubert2263 ปีที่แล้ว

      She looks Irish Celtic

  • @skullsaintdead
    @skullsaintdead ปีที่แล้ว +1901

    I honestly cannot fathom how clever and brilliant she was, to know that in that time, with a mother murdered by your dad, surrounded by men manipulating and plotting to marry and/or murder you, knowing all those perils... Yet she remained calm, was irreligious, sought reform and finally, marketed herself as a lifelong virgin (what a stroke of genius!). England was blessed with her reign. I'm taking notes.

    • @Qwazier3
      @Qwazier3 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      Not to mention she spoke, read and wrote 5 languages, was an expert horse rider, a hunter, did expert needle point and was a math whiz. She was surrounded by men who wanted her to be queen. She made it a point to be at all meetings. She was large and in charge.

    • @ruhsaltarot
      @ruhsaltarot ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Qwazier3 reenkarnasyonla şimdiye gelip bu güzel yorumları görmek beni çok mutlu ediyor. Yüzümüz, huylarımız da aynı. Annesi anneme, eski nişanlım da İspanyol kralına aynen benziyor. Çok garip ama o ruh hala benimle ve bu inanılmaz...

    • @Ziggimomspal68
      @Ziggimomspal68 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Someone needs to write a book comparing the reigns of the 2 Elizabeth’s, Queens of the realm.

    • @indiranisiva5709
      @indiranisiva5709 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Qwazier3 hi

    • @joansutton
      @joansutton ปีที่แล้ว +43

      She was brilliant. I feel a close connection with her bc I study Latin and Ancient Greek. Most people don't know that Queen Elizabeth was also a scholar. She was so good at Latin that she could improvise a speech in perfect Latin. She read Ancient Greek, I've heard, every day with a tutor. That's a side of her most people don't know. Her first tutor, Roger Ascham, praised her for her brilliant intelligence.

  • @trellises
    @trellises 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +209

    The fact that she never married shows precisely the impact her father's endless marriages and her mother's execution had on her. What she thought of men and marriage.

    • @MandyAustin-nl4cn
      @MandyAustin-nl4cn 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      That's a very interesting point.

    • @eodyn7
      @eodyn7 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She loved men, she just loved married men.

    • @MandyAustin-nl4cn
      @MandyAustin-nl4cn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@eodyn7 people didn't marry for love those days, but for connections and security. So most had affairs.

    • @makennaharris2965
      @makennaharris2965 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@eodyn7There is no evidence for that.

  • @karen64watson.
    @karen64watson. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +130

    knowing who her father was and all what she had to go through it is a miracle that she lived to be queen .

    • @buggalujuju
      @buggalujuju 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I think that it was meant to be...

  • @justinjjoachin448
    @justinjjoachin448 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    It’s so interesting that Queen Elizabeth the 1st became Queen at 25. Queen Elizabeth the 2nd also became Queen at 25 too.

  • @edricawebb1578
    @edricawebb1578 ปีที่แล้ว +2438

    The modern recreations of the portraits make it clear that Cate Blanchett looks most like the queen. Superb casting, not to mention the most nuanced portrayal.

    • @RoyaltyNowStudios
      @RoyaltyNowStudios  ปีที่แล้ว +257

      I loved her as Elizabeth! She was a perfect cast

    • @sheryldalton8965
      @sheryldalton8965 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Cate is convincing portraying a queen as well as a southern backwoods woman.

    • @ditzygypsy
      @ditzygypsy ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Yes she was fantastic, but in the movie with Margot Robbie and Saiorse Ronan, Saiorse should’ve been playing Elizabeth. This looks just like her.

    • @DenaInWyo
      @DenaInWyo ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@RoyaltyNowStudios My favorite Elizabeth as well. All of these movies and television shows embellish/omit actual history, but The Golden Age is still the one that captures my imagination of what Elizabeth was actually like. Reign, the little I watched of it, was just gross.

    • @dulciemidwinter1925
      @dulciemidwinter1925 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I agree. When I first saw the picture of her I knew it resembled someone but couldn't think of the name. Cate Blanchett it is!

  • @kyleenwise8751
    @kyleenwise8751 ปีที่แล้ว +1324

    The modern one really touched me. I can't explain it, but I feel like that's her face, that's the true Elizabeth. I saw it and I stopped breathing, then smiled. Great work. Please never stop making these

    • @budgetfamilyadventures8391
      @budgetfamilyadventures8391 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I see Meryl Streep there too. It's the eyes.

    • @tommyjohnson6410
      @tommyjohnson6410 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For crying out loud stop it because Elizabeth, her mother and father was black

    • @tommyjohnson6410
      @tommyjohnson6410 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I guess for me the past 5 years i have been researching and finding out some fascinating information like the all the nobility, kings and queens of Europe was black. Old white authors was writing books about the Vikings and Nobility of Europe being swarthy for hundreds of years now so when i see fake stuff like this i get pissed

    • @kyleenwise8751
      @kyleenwise8751 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tommyjohnson6410 do you think queen Elizabeth 1 may have been black? I've never heard any records suggesting this. I'd be fascinated to see where that information comes from. If I know a lot of history had been white washed, and I always want to know truth. Where did you find this information?

    • @kyleenwise8751
      @kyleenwise8751 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@angelwings7930 it's all based on reports. I'm sure the creators are aware that it's wishy washy, you can't be 100% accurate on the face of a person you've never seen. The fuss is because it's fascinating to see portraits and reports brought to life. There's no need to belittle the work these people are putting in to give us a face to the names. If you have other reports, that's fine. Please share if you have further reports. But please, allow people to also show what they feel is most accurate based off their research

  • @mirandaawesome7502
    @mirandaawesome7502 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    I would love to see you do Henry VIII - both from when he was young and handsome and then the larger version everyone remembers from his later life. These videos are so awesome! I could literally watch them all day!

    • @graceb710
      @graceb710 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yes I second this!

    • @krischambers9021
      @krischambers9021 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      There's so many biographies on king Henry the 8th. I find queen Elizabeth's story much more fascinating

    • @a.m.308
      @a.m.308 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Meh. That mysogynist garbage, pathetic excuse for a man doesn't deserve recognition whatsoever.

  • @chicken_grease_salt
    @chicken_grease_salt ปีที่แล้ว +284

    OMG! The modern interpretation of Elizabeth is amazing! She's lovely! Certainly a woman out of her time... You do wonderful work!

    • @billybeads3328
      @billybeads3328 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There are reports from foreign dignitaries to her court and all of them say she was far from attractive

    • @Jesterjones9073
      @Jesterjones9073 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My favourite too 💛

    • @jenniferschwartzman7976
      @jenniferschwartzman7976 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      She paid a high price for being England's Queen.
      She was magnificent, & her true beauty was in how she led her country through some very treacherous times. She is my favorite woman of all time. Imagining her on her horse, giving her famous speech to her men as the Spanish were starting their invasion, still thrills me. That people still know in 2023, 465 years later, not only her name, but the story of her life better than their current leaders, no matter which country they live in, kind of sums it up perfectly.

    • @jehannedarc1429
      @jehannedarc1429 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@billybeads3328There were even more who said she was beautiful. Only the jealous said ugly things about her.

    • @jehannedarc1429
      @jehannedarc1429 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@jenniferschwartzman7976 very well said!

  • @DovahHouse
    @DovahHouse ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Queen Elizabeth the 1st was definitely one of the strongest and smartest female rulers in history she was highly intelligent and witty. This is a great representation of her. 👍

    • @RoyaltyNowStudios
      @RoyaltyNowStudios  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you!

    • @littlemouse7066
      @littlemouse7066 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      she was one of the greatest monarchs period. not female ruler. ruler.

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. ปีที่แล้ว +385

    It’s nice to know that Queen Elizabeth I was truly her mother’s daughter. If only she had her mother’s company and guidance.

    • @DovahHouse
      @DovahHouse ปีที่แล้ว +16

      In the most recent movies about her with Cate Blanchett ( she did a amazing job to represent Elizabeth) but in the movie she said “ I am my fathers daughter” not sure if the real Elizabeth felt that way or not. She definitely was her own person at the same time, she never bowed down to anyone and I love that about her.

    • @stevenleslie8557
      @stevenleslie8557 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      She learned a lot from just watching her father's reign, her brother's reign and her sister's reign.

    • @debbylou5729
      @debbylou5729 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Why? She seems to be more successful than Anne

    • @jeannerossow5210
      @jeannerossow5210 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What could her mother teach her that she had not already witnessed and absorbed?

    • @hannahhester8376
      @hannahhester8376 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@debbylou5729 Well yeah, because she wasn't beheaded.

  • @nikkiej.5875
    @nikkiej.5875 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Queen Elizabeth I is known to be the best queen and rightfully so. I also think she was the only queen who didn’t have a husband during her reign. She was the only ruler which is just amazing. Your interpretations of the historical figures never disappoint. They’re just amazing. I love them.

  • @MrsStepford
    @MrsStepford ปีที่แล้ว +51

    An incredible woman! As a woman of "a certain age" myself the modernization of her more mature self is fantastic. She looks so beautiful in both but I love the more mature one.

    • @robind7352
      @robind7352 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly!

  • @ChandlerFaye
    @ChandlerFaye ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Like other viewers, the modern rendition of Elizabeth in her middle years resonates with me the most, especially when she smiles. You captured her cleverness in a wonderful way.

    • @kidr363
      @kidr363 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Chandler I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @KK-eh2gm
    @KK-eh2gm ปีที่แล้ว +164

    I cannot believe she was not considered beautiful. This is a wonderful segment. Thank you.

    • @sheisomarica
      @sheisomarica ปีที่แล้ว +21

      She was beautiful, but not as beautiful as Mary, Queen of Scots

    • @Jenjenilou
      @Jenjenilou ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@sheisomarica Mary Queen of Scots was almost 6ft tall as well, which was incredibly rare for a woman back then. She must have been incredibly striking in the flesh.

    • @cincin4515
      @cincin4515 ปีที่แล้ว

      She wasn't. Her face was scarred from lead based paste used as make up. She was the ugliest queen in history.

    • @sheisomarica
      @sheisomarica ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Jenjenilou True

    • @av1421
      @av1421 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      in older years bald and more manly looking but pretty in younger yrs!

  • @melissajackson79
    @melissajackson79 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    Your recreation of Elizabeth was absolutely stunning,gave me chills.

  • @Just_Darlicious
    @Just_Darlicious ปีที่แล้ว +30

    That’s the best documentary I’ve seen on Elizabeth I. I really loved the real life interpretations at the end. She has a Meryl Streep look about her.

    • @jjww1
      @jjww1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yess some of those paintings look just like meryl Streep...

  • @dahnoied6893
    @dahnoied6893 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    She "proved that she could rule as well as any man", I would suggest she proved she could actually rule better.

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. ปีที่แล้ว +553

    I’ve been waiting for this! She’s such a complex and interesting historical figure in World History.

    • @RoyaltyNowStudios
      @RoyaltyNowStudios  ปีที่แล้ว +39

      She has so many interesting nuances. Sometimes you’re convinced she’s the hero and sometimes she can be a real villain. She has so much to deal with in her life. Just a really fascinating subject all around.

    • @michellestone1261
      @michellestone1261 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yes!!! A very wise woman! Like my momma, she was a Virgo also.

    • @HK-gm8pe
      @HK-gm8pe ปีที่แล้ว +20

      one of my favorite english monarchs , she really is sooo interesting and she was soo intelligent, what she achieved is really impressive, she had soo many enemies but she managed to survive

    • @helenamcginty4920
      @helenamcginty4920 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@michellestone1261 by virgo I assume you refer to the illusory image of a woman created by the pattern made by certain dis- connected stars when viewed from earth. I never can see where the names for these images came from myself. As the light from the brightest of these took 40 light years to arrive at earth I also cannot understand why the light from our nearest star, the sun, a mere 8 minutes away or the light from a light bulb or candle in the room where a child is born if at night, are not included in the birth chart. After all the wavelength of light visible to humans is the same whatever the source.

    • @grazynakolasinska1586
      @grazynakolasinska1586 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No po prostu super!

  • @dianestrouse3418
    @dianestrouse3418 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Isn't it amazing how a smile can change so much. She looked like somebody you would like to know.

  • @butterflyeffect6791
    @butterflyeffect6791 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Not a beauty? She is absolutely stunning in her own way. A powerful ruler who knew how to take care of her throne all by herself and never needed a master.

  • @byronlee8745
    @byronlee8745 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    In a handful of ways, Elizabeth I was better than her father, Henry VIII. Though she did see some difficulties in her reign as queen, including the challenge of being a prisoner of her own sister, the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, the conflict of the Spanish Armada, etc... I personally believe that she had succeeded as a leader where her father, Henry VIII had failed.

    • @snoopybluejeans
      @snoopybluejeans ปีที่แล้ว

      Her father ruled with his crotch.

    • @abelhapedras
      @abelhapedras ปีที่แล้ว +36

      "a handful of ways"? I'd say all of them, except maybe not producing an heir. you really said it all when you said she succeeded at ruling, where he failed

    • @cincin4515
      @cincin4515 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What are you on about?

    • @richardtorr4553
      @richardtorr4553 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Also, she was not a mass murderer!

    • @richardIII3
      @richardIII3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Elizabeth failed as a queen by not producing an heir which led to the gunpower plot and eventually the English civil war. Her successor James I because he didn't have a legitimate right to the throne, just like Augustus did with Caesar and Stalin did with Lenin, Deng did with Mao, created a personality cult around her in the manner of tyrants throughout history, which has persisted to the present day.

  • @DianaMayeDesigns
    @DianaMayeDesigns ปีที่แล้ว +79

    While they didn't consider her a beauty, I think we can agree that she was very pretty. Elizabeth I is my favorite queen after Anne Bolyn. I love how you pulled away the layers to show her in her glory and beauty. Your work is amazing.

    • @RoyaltyNowStudios
      @RoyaltyNowStudios  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thank you so much. I love both her and Anne so much!

    • @TwinsBigLikeTia
      @TwinsBigLikeTia ปีที่แล้ว +12

      She was considered beautiful when she was younger! It was after the smallpox and the scarring and heavy makeup that she wasn’t considered as beautiful anymore, but people did describe her as beautiful when she was younger in court, especially compared to her sister Mary. Also similar to her mother Anne, it was her intelligence and confidence that made her even more attractive even if some of her features were not conventionally beautiful, her personality made her very desired.

    • @kidr363
      @kidr363 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Rose 🌹 I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌹🌹🌹🌹

    • @vaishnavikonidena1532
      @vaishnavikonidena1532 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RoyaltyNowStudios me too i love even Queen Elizabeth II

  • @LaPinturaBella
    @LaPinturaBella 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Elizabeth was a wonder. Intelligent, strong, decisive, a great Monarch. And all of this born from trauma and uncertainty and fear from her earliest days. And in a time when women were thought to be less than. I really admire her strength.

  • @yl7679
    @yl7679 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    The recreated looks of Elizabeth are actually quite striking and beautiful. The 2D portraits probably don’t do her justice. Her mother was Anne an afterall who was an attractive woman.

  • @dickwintered
    @dickwintered ปีที่แล้ว +521

    This is truly one of the best TH-cam channels! Your recreations are breathtaking, and the history lessons are wonderful.

    • @RoyaltyNowStudios
      @RoyaltyNowStudios  ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Thank you so much! We so appreciate it :)

    • @Michelleliz701
      @Michelleliz701 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Agree 👌🏽

    • @zyrenie
      @zyrenie ปีที่แล้ว +3

      HONESTLY

    • @phyllispetras3369
      @phyllispetras3369 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know Jesus must have looked like Omar Sharif!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @tommyjohnson6410
      @tommyjohnson6410 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zyrenie Stop agreeing with racism

  • @grown.ass.nerd.
    @grown.ass.nerd. ปีที่แล้ว +273

    Once again you've left me breathless with your recreation of such a fascinating, complex, and tragic woman. You've captured her air of nobility and elegance beautifully and while she may not be the Cate Blanchett Elizabeth that the world knows, she would still command rooms and make people double take as she walks down the street. She is beautiful and I can't thank you enough for gifting the world with your talent of bringing history to life again.

    • @RoyaltyNowStudios
      @RoyaltyNowStudios  ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You are so kind! I really loved working on this one, I’m so glad you enjoyed it :)

    • @shelleyrollins4782
      @shelleyrollins4782 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am SO glad that I found this channel!!
      One of my strongest passions is history and I was an artist in my younger days. I was just in awe of how you represented her! She came so alive & looked like she had a bit of an impish smile (which I think would suit from what you said of her). I just loved this!
      Thank you, thank you!
      Please continue to gift us with your research and amazing talent!

    • @janbadinski7126
      @janbadinski7126 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree, Cate Blanchett looks a lot like her. It brings her to life again Imo.

  • @Redmaile25
    @Redmaile25 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Love your channel. If I were a history teacher, I’d show this channel from time to time to make the youngins appreciate history in a fun way

  • @barbarageer2345
    @barbarageer2345 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks for the facial reconstruction. I think she is pretty with today's makeup and hair standards. In most portraits, she doesn't look like she had eyebrows. It's amazing what a difference adding eyebrows makes in her looks.

  • @mabel8179
    @mabel8179 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    The recreation of Elizabeth in her 20s is very pretty indeed. Some of you have said she reminds you of Meryl Streep. I can see that in how Meryl looked in the 1970s, but I think this image of Elizabeth resembles Saoirse Ronan even more so.

    • @anneneville6255
      @anneneville6255 ปีที่แล้ว

      Idk but 24:48 I see Hilary Clinton 😄

    • @theisolatedsoul1760
      @theisolatedsoul1760 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Nah!!! Cate Blanchett

    • @mayamagination
      @mayamagination ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And yet Saoirse played Mary of Scots instead 😭

    • @astroterf.
      @astroterf. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@anneneville6255oh that's just cruel 😭😆

    • @johanderuiter9842
      @johanderuiter9842 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True, looks a lot like Saoirse!!

  • @nickimontie
    @nickimontie ปีที่แล้ว +184

    Those early portraits give off a Meryl Streep vibe in her younger days. The queen was and still is a fascinating woman.

    • @tarakennedy707
      @tarakennedy707 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was thinking the same

    • @helenamcginty4920
      @helenamcginty4920 ปีที่แล้ว

      And as she contracted smallpox at age 28 she had a badly pockmarked face afterwards.

    • @tuvabru-nost1592
      @tuvabru-nost1592 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol was just going to write the same.

    • @ruthbosveld449
      @ruthbosveld449 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was thinking that as well.

    • @pcrawford9009
      @pcrawford9009 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was my exact thought!

  • @t.l.1610
    @t.l.1610 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Like others commented, I too have always thought Cate Blanchett’s portrayal was likely the closest match to the real Elizabeth I. This vid really drives that home. VERY good work!!

  • @AngeliqueHope80
    @AngeliqueHope80 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Wow the recreations you did, if they show her as she truly was, feels strange to me that she was never viewed as beautiful, because she was actually quite stunning. And the part where Sir Dudley died and she was found on her deathbed with his letter had me in tears. What a spectacular woman.

    • @jehannedarc1429
      @jehannedarc1429 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      There are records of many who called her beautiful.

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. ปีที่แล้ว +98

    It’s sad that the Tudor Line came to an end with Elizabeth I but as someone who’s averse to marriage and seen things, I don’t blame her.

    • @stevenleslie8557
      @stevenleslie8557 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That would have required her to take a husband. Picking the right husband was a near impossibility. No matter who she choose a civil war almost a certainty when she produced an heir. The family of her husband would then be at odds with other families who felt they had a more legitimate claim to the throne. She had already seen enough intrigue and didn't want anymore of it.

    • @debbylou5729
      @debbylou5729 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      She was very clever and paid attention to what was going on around her

    • @jeannerossow5210
      @jeannerossow5210 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Tudor patrilineal line ended, yes, but James of Scotland was a Tudor through Margaret, Henry's sister.

    • @cincin4515
      @cincin4515 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Her staying single was a political strategy not an emotional decision. People weren't suffering self interest unril the 1980"s.

    • @anti-ethniccleansing465
      @anti-ethniccleansing465 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cincin4515
      _“People weren’t suffering self interest unril [SIC] the 1980”s [SIC].”_
      *Huh??*

  • @maggiesmith856
    @maggiesmith856 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Elizabeth did not just inherit her mother's dark eyes. Like Anne Boleyn, she had a long, oval, high-cheekboned face, pointed chin, slender figure and long- fingered hands. From Henry she got her colouring, arched eyebrows , acquiline nose and tight lips.

    • @lizbohan5426
      @lizbohan5426 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Henry’s beautiful pale skin was commented on during his youth. Elizabeth inherited this and his red hair.

    • @katj3443
      @katj3443 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      lol and yet some person in the comments is claiming they were all black……someone needs to lay off the crack pipe.

  • @irishamericanpinupdoll
    @irishamericanpinupdoll ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The contemporary reconstruction is
    so relatable and lifelike! Beautifully done!

  • @aegontargaryen9322
    @aegontargaryen9322 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Two Elizabeth’s , two great queens . Both served the nation with dignity and strength.
    God bless you both and thank you

  • @FoxofGold
    @FoxofGold ปีที่แล้ว +204

    I love the quality these videos are showing more and more of. Love the history deep dives before the reconstruction.

    • @RoyaltyNowStudios
      @RoyaltyNowStudios  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thank you! So glad you are enjoying it!

    • @lindatimmons3675
      @lindatimmons3675 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RoyaltyNowStudios ....
      I'd love to see Anne Neville and Elizabeth Woodville as well as Edward IV.

  • @stellangios
    @stellangios ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I've always felt rather weird and dissatisfied about my double eye creases but this actually makes me feel a little better! Your portrait are really beautiful and it's cool to hear that I share that trait with a historical figure.

    • @RoyaltyNowStudios
      @RoyaltyNowStudios  ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I love them! You share that with Elizabeth that’s so cool

  • @TheMelinda044
    @TheMelinda044 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love that I stumbled upon your channel. I've always thought the paintings didn't do these women any justice and made them all look, well, ugly. You have done such justice to them and in my opinion are showing their true beauty. I love that you also tell about their lives. Please keep it going. I very much enjoy your work.

  • @fancii
    @fancii ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The fact that I loved about Elizabeth (which is even evident in their portraits) was the truth that has always been said of her: She was the spitting image of her mother with her father's coloring.

  • @lyndasmith650
    @lyndasmith650 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I got a very eerie feeling that the modern portrait was silently saying...yes...I am Elizabeth. Powerful. One of the best I have seen of your work.

  • @valenciajames7264
    @valenciajames7264 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This is absolutely amazing, stunning & moving...I always believed this ICONIC woman's portraits/paintings did not do her beauty justice. To see Queen Elizabeth I in such beauty and light brought a tear to my eye. BRAVO...

  • @DW-kx6yu
    @DW-kx6yu ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My heart tells me Queen Elizabeth I would be (is?) very pleased with your interpretation. Well done.

  • @carolelerman9686
    @carolelerman9686 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Loved this recreation of Elizabeth. Beautiful when she smiles.

  • @robertpizor577
    @robertpizor577 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Just when I think you can't outdo yourself, Becca. My word. This is just such a vivid recreation: Elizabeth just leaps into our world, and comes to life! I love how you captured her humor and wit in that image, too. I've got to stop as I'm gushing, but I think other images to kind of round out the Tudor collection would be: Henry VII, Edward VI, Mary I (Bloody Mary), Philip II of Spain, and Robert Dudley would be so awesome to round out the family (and I do consider Robert Dudley to be an honorary Tudor as he would have been one if he could have, Roberts have to stick together after all lol).

  • @womerine
    @womerine ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You know it's close when it moves you to tears.

  • @kimberlyolsen9416
    @kimberlyolsen9416 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This was a great video. Elizabeth I is one of my favorite historical figures. My family is descended through Mary Boleyn and my own sister looks very much like the modern version of Elizabeth, with that beautiful red hair and dark eyes. Their facial structures are similar also. I always envied that red hair. I married my husband who has red hair and later we learned he is descended from Mary Queen of Scots. Did we get red heads? NO! But out of our 18 grandchildren 5 five red hair, and one granddaughter is much as I would imagine Elizabeth was, red hair and all. This was lovely. Thank you.

  • @CherylSimser
    @CherylSimser ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how you are able to narrate truthfully their history in a nutshell. Her recreation in modern style appears to show a very likable and intelligent lady.

  • @lsherriejoseph7619
    @lsherriejoseph7619 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    This video is beautiful. I have studied Tudor history for many years and this is the first time that I actually felt something as opposed to gathering knowledge. I truly felt her. Thank you for sharing your excellent work

    • @RoyaltyNowStudios
      @RoyaltyNowStudios  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you so very much ❤️

    • @shelleyrollins4782
      @shelleyrollins4782 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree! I really felt her too! You have a wonderful gift. Many thanks for sharing this with us!

  • @vackradelfin
    @vackradelfin ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This one really took my breath away! You can see such likeness to Anne and Henry. It’s truly amazing!

    • @shymapuss618
      @shymapuss618 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😮your so right Lizzy looks like her parents and so intelligent

  • @gewells8098
    @gewells8098 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love the Tudor era history, especially with Elizabeth. She’s fascinating to say the least!

  • @Sky-Child
    @Sky-Child ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh the modern interpretation of her at 41 is amazing! She looks intelligent, vibrant and fun-loving - the best of a woman who has properly lived. I hope I age that well.

  • @AK-vv1ur
    @AK-vv1ur ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Absolutely love this. Thank you so much for the informative history and amazing recreations of a much beloved Queen. Elizabeth resembles so much to Cate Blanchet and Meryl Streep.
    Elizabeth I truly was a mix of both Anne and Henry. She had the famous red/gold Tudor hair and pale complexion, with her mothers beautiful dark eyes and oval-shaped face. She had her mothers intelligence and charisma, but her fathers fierce temper. One can simply imagine the sheer power she held when standing in her presence.

  • @Benni777
    @Benni777 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Elizabeth’s story is both fascinating and sad at the same time. I feel like if she were respected by her father more, her life would’ve been very, very different. King Henry the 8th might’ve lived longer, as well, because he might’ve wanted to spend more time with her, instead of shunning her and killing her mother. Great video as always! I always admire your work and dedication! Could undo a video on King Henry the 8th, Cathrine Parr, and China’s only empress, Wu Zeitan? I’d love it if you would! ☺️

    • @RoyaltyNowStudios
      @RoyaltyNowStudios  ปีที่แล้ว +36

      She was so interesting. I love that all of Henry’s anger/indifference towards her was kind of symbolically punished by Elizabeth never marrying and continuing the Tudor line

    • @Anna_Key
      @Anna_Key ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@RoyaltyNowStudios interesting that QEI wanted to punish her father by not continuing his line. I'm sure her early experience of her father's tyranny to his wives and Thomas Seymour's lack of fidelity to his wife put her off too.
      Her successor, King James was a also a Tudor via Henry VIII's sister Margaret.

    • @variyasalo2581
      @variyasalo2581 ปีที่แล้ว

      Henry had syphilis. It's amazing he had children at all.

  • @chasmosaurskickingcretaceo7836
    @chasmosaurskickingcretaceo7836 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    She looks like someone I'd want to know. Awesome artistry.

  • @clairemarydawes
    @clairemarydawes ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I literally welled up when watching this. Amazing that you brought her back for today.

  • @reverie6034
    @reverie6034 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Beautiful! She’s my favorite historical figure. She definitely had her fathers charisma, intelligence and political astuteness plus the Tudor strawberry gold hair. But her face looks so much like her mother to me. Very well done. 👏👏👏

  • @vantedante3638
    @vantedante3638 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I get so invested in the history and storytelling that I forget that this video is about how Elizabeth looked like haha I get emotional when I think about their personal lives and hardships this channel really makes these famous figures to be seen as human

  • @tomperkins5657
    @tomperkins5657 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was probably the best 25 minutes I have spent on TH-cam. Thank you!!

  • @SherriJones7000Orphans
    @SherriJones7000Orphans ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I rarely comment on the videos I watch, or the channels I subscribe too, but your collection of work is so touching, and invigorating in its gentle, seemingly unbiased honesty that I just had to say thank you for sharing your gift with me and everyone else. As a lover of history, I've often wondered what these historical people would have really looked like and I'm so grateful to have lived to see someone with your talent bring these people to life. Thank you. Your gift is touching so many of us in so many ways. Thank you for making our dreams come true in a way that we can all feel good about. Please keep it up! I look forward to watching every one of your videos.

  • @janicewhite1113
    @janicewhite1113 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I love the way that you tell the story of Elizabeth, she is a Queen that has always fascinated me even from childhood and I love the reconstructions

  • @RussiaIsARiddle778
    @RussiaIsARiddle778 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I really enjoyed this especially the images at the end. I have to say that the modernization of her face, including her smile actually make her look, by today’s standards, quite beautiful. Very nicely done and thank you.

  • @anniefannycharles9951
    @anniefannycharles9951 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was excellent. Thank you so much for producing top quality works of history. And also for allowing it to be free to anyone that's interested. Great work

  • @dmalf3
    @dmalf3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your images of her smiling at the end is wonderful. They make Elizabeth truly come to life.

  • @siobhano
    @siobhano ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This is such an interesting portrait of her. I can really see both her mother and her father reflecting back at me. Such a lifelike creation. Enjoyed this very much.

  • @vickysimms5886
    @vickysimms5886 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Elizabeth I certainly has made an impact on English history. Maybe an icon in itself. Tudor history is so fascinating and definitely inspiring.
    Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos.

  • @sunzeneise
    @sunzeneise ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Congratulations! On creating this most intriguing series offering informative and imaginative approach to historical figures.

  • @Kalikat-uk5ve
    @Kalikat-uk5ve ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Magnificent! She is one of my favorite women in history. And when you brought her to "life," she was absolutely beautiful. Thank you for your channel.

  • @JarlOfSwot
    @JarlOfSwot ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The modem interpretation of Elizabeth is amazing! She looks lovely and graceful, as though she could be performing in Riverdance.

  • @carmaela2689
    @carmaela2689 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Your rendition of her is stunning. I can see Henry in her. I like to think this is what she truly looked like.

  • @Barb85044
    @Barb85044 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is becoming my favorite channel. I love history and I am an artist. Your work and story telling are exceptional.

  • @bojo88
    @bojo88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much, that was wonderful! That is the most succinct account of her life that I have seen (I am from the UK and have seen a great many!) it was done with a lot of empathy for her too. I love that you end every video with the life-like recreation, it is the icing on the cake. Every time my only comment is always, "Wow!" Love your channel and am blown away by your work, well done!

  • @TheRickie41
    @TheRickie41 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The young Elisabeth touched me, so close to Henry's portraits, whereas the older Elisabeth inspires by her mother's eyes and a great sense of independence shining through...great work!!!

  • @corkycobon1481
    @corkycobon1481 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    She was the epitome of the anthem Rule Britania. I have always admired Elizabeth I due to her absolute determination to never have a man tell her what to do. She was fierce in her belief of herself and set a marvelous example for the next Elizabeth to sit the throne. Thank you for this video. The look of her in her mid 20s had me remembering Cate Blanchette as Elizabeth in the movie by the same name but I felt more of an affinity for her in the modern picture of her.

  • @stacismart6965
    @stacismart6965 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love it.
    Although her mother was murdered by her father when she was two, I feel (after reading a number of historical books etc) that Elizabeth would have been more her mother’s daughter than we are lead to believe. Yes she has the Tudor red hair, but it appears looking at recreated portraits of Anne Boleyn as well as written descriptions she had similar features to her mother. It’s very likely she had more her mother’s intellect and personality as well.
    It has been quoted of Anne Boleyn’s intellect that “On a bad day Anne was Henry’s equal. But on a good day she was his superior.”

  • @AuntieMamies
    @AuntieMamies ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I just adore this channel. I never really cared about history before but you tell it so well and the recreations are amazing! Just love it!

  • @portcityminis
    @portcityminis ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This is so inspiring. She was a better ruler than her father

    • @terryl.cooper
      @terryl.cooper 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's because grand-dad ruled with his emotions. My cousin ruled with her head. As it should be.

  • @davidlogan4329
    @davidlogan4329 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Most enjoyable view of a very great Tudor Queen.

  • @robertmcgregor9
    @robertmcgregor9 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Beautiful documentary and shockingly effective and emotional recreations. To go from the 1500s look to a modern recreation is otherworldly.

  • @jerrychan1471
    @jerrychan1471 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Beautiful job with the renderings and storytelling. I loved hearing about Elizabeth I's storied life, and especially to see her rendered so life-like was truly remarkable. Thank you for the education!

  • @AngelaChase
    @AngelaChase ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I’d love to see Lucrezia Borgia brought to life!

    • @GiadiXLoveDance
      @GiadiXLoveDance ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Omg, yess!
      She is supposed to be very beautiful

    • @gymkat247
      @gymkat247 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is an excellent suggestion!

  • @IngridsLifestyle
    @IngridsLifestyle ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I like to think that Elizabeth's eyes are like her mother's eyes. There are a few portraits of Anne that might've been based on Elizabeth's eyes, since it is to say that was just like her mother's by contemporaries of Anne.

    • @kidr363
      @kidr363 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @conservativepatriot
    @conservativepatriot ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love these recreations so much! Really really fun and captivating to watch! Thank you for all the hard work that goes into these presentations. They are remarkable.

  • @alliereesor115
    @alliereesor115 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm obsessed with these videos and facial recreations absolutely love seeing these famous faces smile.

  • @cyris7287
    @cyris7287 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    how can they not consider her a beauty back then?! she’s beautiful

  • @Tatopotatoo
    @Tatopotatoo ปีที่แล้ว +24

    That was a beautiful recreation. I can imagine Elizabeth seeing herself like that in the mirror.
    However, it is untrue that Elizabeth never mentioned her mother. She had great respect for Anne Boleyn and put in a lot of efforts to make apparent her disdain for her dad's actions. She surrounded herself with the Boleyn relatives (Mary's daughter who may be her half sister, the Howard family). Even her governess Kat Ashley was a Boleyn connection!

    • @josiecamilo7098
      @josiecamilo7098 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Who wouldn't! When daddy is a serial killer. I would love to go back in time and blow their minds telling these people that the babies sex is determined by the male not the female!!

    • @Skyebright1
      @Skyebright1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think she had a portrait of her mother that was a necklace

    • @Skyebright1
      @Skyebright1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah Mary’s daughter and son were part of Elizabeth’s court

    • @anti-ethniccleansing465
      @anti-ethniccleansing465 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      _“She surrounded herself with the Boleyn relatives (Mary’s daughter who may be her half sister, the Howard family).”_
      This doesn’t make sense. Can you please re-write it as normal English sentences that can be easily followed? Mary, the half sister of Elizabeth, wasn’t related to Anne. And what does the Howard family have anything to do with this?

    • @anti-ethniccleansing465
      @anti-ethniccleansing465 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Skyebright1
      I think you’re thinking of the Chequers ring, which was mentioned in this very video. It shows a portrait of Anne on one side of the ring’s locket, and a portrait of Elizabeth on the other side.

  • @AerionTargaryen24
    @AerionTargaryen24 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Elizabeth the first was such a trail blazer for all ruling women every where proving that a woman can do as great a job as men and even better she was such a strong, talented and badass and intelligents.

  • @laurelhimes7458
    @laurelhimes7458 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    THANK YOU! I got tears in my eyes when seeing your interpretations. Simply beautiful. I have always admired this queen and you have brought her to life❤️

  • @emiliesparks8208
    @emiliesparks8208 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Would you ever consider doing Anne of Cleeves? Her appearance was so disputed between the paintings and what King Henry said of her. Besides her being an incredible woman on her own merit, I have always been deeply curious about her.

    • @anti-ethniccleansing465
      @anti-ethniccleansing465 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did you see the Anne (or rather Anna) of Cleeves episode? It was great!

  • @emargonne9139
    @emargonne9139 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Absolutely my fav channel

  • @ncree4526
    @ncree4526 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thrilled to find your amazing channel! Unique blend of academic artistry in history presented with entertaining imagination. You are the complete package! The final older recreation of Elizabeth, as she smiled at us across the ages & thru your brilliant lens suggested Meryl Streep, a modern queen of the arts. What conversations they would have, eh?! Thank you !,

  • @taddykul801
    @taddykul801 ปีที่แล้ว

    For someone who love learning especially History and Literature, this is it. I've been invested in your videos and will watch every single one if it. And btw your voice is so soothing. Thank you and do create more, eagerly waiting

  • @maxthecat14
    @maxthecat14 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i have watched many of your wonderful videos, but This is my favourite. When Elizabeth "looks" out at me , i actually cried! I have no idea why. I just did.

  • @uzeustosun
    @uzeustosun ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Holy cow those recreations are amazing. They really do justice to the movie casting of Cate Blanchet and The Queen herself. What an immaculate presentation. Thank you.

  • @OfficeTrainingLady
    @OfficeTrainingLady ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thus was absolutely amazing. Thank you for making them smile in the end. It was such a gift.

  • @JessicaFlamingtooth
    @JessicaFlamingtooth 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I think the ring with her and her mother's portraits is pretty interesting. It's essentially a symbol of defiance against her father's mania.

  • @paigeparrish7567
    @paigeparrish7567 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I absolutely LOVE all of your videos but lately have been especially loving the elongated history section at the beginning that I have noticed lately. The recreations are what attracted me to the channel but the research that's done is just such a great synopsis. I can digest the information so well that I'm regurgitating it to anybody who will listen. lol. please keep doing what your doing :)

  • @Azaganna
    @Azaganna ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow when you look at the previous video recreating Anne Boleyn they look so alike in my opinion, and you can even see resemblance to her father Henry too. Amazing

  • @myfuneralismytimetoshine
    @myfuneralismytimetoshine ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She looked just like her dad! And the amazing thing about this video is that the recreation really shows the resemblance to her father.