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Mary had access to an artist, Hans Ewers, great kind of technical skill,

but apparently Philip, on meeting Mary, was said to have cursed the flattery of portrait painters.

When Ambilin was created Marquess of Pembroke in 1532, the Venetian ambassador

commented that she was completely covered with the most costly jewels. So again, this really

serves to emphasise the impact that these jewels had on creating this image of magnificence.

Welcome to a jewels could talk. I'm Carol Walton, the voice of jewellery. that these jewels had on creating this image of magnificence.

Welcome to If Jewels Could Talk.

I'm Carol Walton, the voice of jewellery, an author, broadcaster,

and the woman who initiated the role of Jewelry Editor at magazines like Tapler and British Vogue.

This is a podcast for everyone. For people who do like jewellery, for people who don't realise they like jewellery,

and anyone intrigued by fascinating facts, new ideas, and forgotten histories.

So please join me as I tell sparkly tales,

meeting all sorts of people,

delving into four centuries of jewell jewelry culture and investigate what's happening now.

Today we are talking about the Tudors, power and portrait jewels. And in the course of it,

we're going to discover which of Henry

the 8th's wives have the greatest jewelry collection. So I'm really delighted to be joined today

by Dr. Charlotte Bolland, the senior curator of 16th century collections and research at the National

Portrait Gallery. Hello, thank you so much for having me. And Dr. Nicola Talas, an author and historian,

whose PhD thesis is titled All the Queen's Jewels, 1445 to 1548, and will be published next spring.

Thank you very much for joining us today. It's my pleasure. Thank you so much for having me, Carol.

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