Posted by Brock on October 20, 2014, 8:39 am, in reply to "Re: Mourning attire"
A "token acknowledgement" of a Dowager Princess of Wales to be sure.
--Previous Message-- : Thank you Agnes. I had never realised that : yellow was considered a mourning colour in : Spain. : : Although, no doubt, Catherine of Aragon's : death was a matter of some rejoicing for : Henry VIII, I am sure that he would have : given some token acknowledgement to the : death of a Queen, especially one who was : born royal and who had not been accused of : treason, unlike most of his later wives. He : did seem to be a stickler for etiquette. : : --Previous Message-- : Doesn't Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII wore : yellow : after Catherine of Aragon's death? It was a : colour of mourning in Spain if I good : remember. : : : : : --Previous Message-- : I read it somewhere... mauve, lilac and : gray. : I'll see if I can find it. Rubies would : work with gray. : : : : :