Mask Of Youth
Only the women in Elizabeth’s close circle were ever permitted to see behind the layers of makeup that were worn at court. As the lethal lead concoction ate away at the queen’s skin, the true appearance of the queen became progressively terrifying. Those in the know, on the other hand, kept their mouths shut, and Elizabeth’s reputation as a beautiful woman remained largely untarnished thanks to her appropriately named “mask of youth,”
Mask Of Youth
They Saw Her Bared Face
Elizabeth’s immaculately manicured appearance, on the other hand, was a little shaky on more than one occasion. Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and a former favorite of the queen, stormed into the royal bedroom, enraged at being kept waiting for so long by the royals. He arrived just as the Queen was finishing up her cosmetics and caught her in the act.
They Saw Her Bared Face
