Queens Head - High Street, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, UK
Posted by: Dragontree
N 52° 18.327 W 000° 35.625
30U E 664051 N 5797738
The pub sign shows a famous picture of Queen Elizabeth I.
Waymark Code: WMB2XQ
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/28/2011
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Wearing her renowned ruff and regal dress Queen Elizabeth I is shown in detail. The sign is slightly tinged with orange.
Wikipedia describes the famous Queen:
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'Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen regnant of England and Queen regnant of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. The daughter of Henry VIII, she was born a princess, but her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed two and a half years after her birth, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate. Her half-brother, Edward VI, bequeathed the crown to Lady Jane Grey, cutting his sisters out of the succession. His will was set aside, Lady Jane Grey was executed, and in 1558 Elizabeth succeeded the Catholic Mary I, during whose reign she had been imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of supporting Protestant rebels.'