More about Elizabeth I's coronation portrait - Questions

1. Read the text carefully. Can you highlight:

• the date of Elizabeth I’s coronation in blue?
  
• the items of clothing she is wearing in yellow?
  
• the symbols on her outfit in green?
  
• the words related to her beauty in pink?
  

2. Now read the first paragraph again and answer the following questions.

• Is this the original painting?
  
• Where can people see it today?

3. Looking at the second paragraph: can you tell what the fleur-de-lis represents?

4. Now read the final paragraph again and answer the following questions.

• What parts of her outfit show that she is the queen?
  
• Can you find two beauty standards from Elizabeth’s time?