Queen Elizabeth

Auction items

Hats off to the Queen’s Milliner

A fascinating collection of items with a heady royal connection is to be sold in Chilcotts Auctioneers March sale.

Kate Day was making hats for Queen Elizabeth even before her coronation and continued afterwards, known as the ‘Queen’s Milliner’. Her designs were pivotal to Elizabeth’s early, elegant style and were seen at many events and royal visits. She was the only milliner to...

In bed with the Queen: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Intimacy

Dr Anna Whitelock, Royal Holloway, University of London

Dr Anna Whitelock is a historian, author and broadcaster. She is a Reader in Early Modern History and is Director of the Centre for Public History, Heritage and Engagement with the Past at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is a regular media commentator on the Tudors, the monarchy, royal bodies, royal succession, gender and politics as well as on public history and heritage. Her books include, Mary Tudor: England’s First Queen, and most recently Elizabeth’s Bedfellows: An Intimate History of the Queen’s Court, from...