♛ | ❛ —————– AS HER COUNCIL OFTEN STRESSED, diplomacy was certain to prevent strife, poverty & avoidable conflict. religious tensions only created further turmoil between this foreign land & the papal authority, her advisers found their ( ‘PROTESTANT’ ) queen could be a proper influence. with great reluctance it was agreed through various correspondences peppered with beautiful locution, written in her elegant script, that she would arrive in a fortnight to meet with the ( infamous ) KING OF ENGLAND. rumor spread throughout her court, many speaking of his temper & search for a new wife. but a LION was no match for a GODDESS if he dared to think he could crop her at the neck.
FIERCE as she was, her presence was met with abrupt silence aside from the sounding horns, head held high above the crowd, not a glance was spared to the courtiers, her elaborate crown shimmering in the sunlight. her abundant WEALTH was apparent by the jewels woven into the bodice of her gown & the weight of them dangling from her neck. her DARK BEAUTY was entrancing, every gaze fixed upon her. a QUEEN ruling without a KING nor HEIR, no sign of her reign aging her prematurely as her EMPIRE grew, leaving her to be seen as a FORCE to be reckoned with.
