Philadelphia carey scrope

So take her invetned story of Elizabeth's pantomiming for what it is, pure fiction. Fiction is so much fun. I have never heard of her pantomiming a crown, nor do I see how miming a crown indicates James. Most of th court had been trading information with James for a few years and it was pretty much an accepted fact that he would take over. There are stories that she pointed to a miniature portrait of James as well. The only story I know is true is that Philadelphia Carey Scrope had a ring, possibly sapphire that she and James had arranged would be the signal that Elizabeth was really truly sincerely dead.

As with most royal deaths, information controls were put in place and the palace sealed once Elizabeth died. Philadelphia dropped the ring out a window to her brother Robert Carey who rode through the night and a thunderstorm to get to James arriving disheveled, bloody and muddy with the ring. If only it was that simple.

The portrait of Elizabeth dates form the s by which time Katherine was dead. One of the portraits is unquestionably Elizabeth in her middle years.

The other is a woman who looks remarkably like Anne Boleyn because of the french hood that she wears although it has been argued that it could be Katherine Parr- there are issues over hair colouring. It has even been suggested that it is the image of a more youthful Elizabeth — now Elizabeth was unquestionably vain but would she really cart around two secret images of herself?

Borman, Tracey. Although that voice so long accustomed to command was now silenced forever, the lion queen, with all her remaining strength, lifted her arms and clasped her hands over her brow in the form of a crown. The question now was what lucky individual should be the first to inform the Scottish king of his succession to the throne of England. On the dead hand of Elizabeth there gleamed the blue light of a sapphire. Having caught the ring, which was thrown to him by his sister, Cary mounted his horse and rode to Scotland, where he gave the jewel to the new sovereign as a token that its bearer had been the first to bring the welcome tidings.

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