Noble gal, college founder, Tudor granny, and all-around impressive lady: Hever Castle’s season reopening features this newly-unveiled portrait of Margaret Beaufort!
David Starkey recently unveiled this gorgeous portrait of the woman he’s referred to as England’s “most powerful woman of her time.” Although this one was painted during the reign of her great-granddaughter, Elizabeth I, it is nonetheless impressive as it conveys a certain combination of calmness and strength.
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She looks a lot like her son, Henry VII, the same austere stare–serious chick, definitely!