Madame Anne
"Madame Anne is not one of the handsomest women in the world.
She is of middling stature, swarthy complexion, long neck, wide mouth, bosom not so much raised and in fact she has nothing but the English king appetite, and her eyes, which are black and beautiful and take great effect."
Observed the Venetian ambasaddor , who was clearly at loss as to why men find her attractive.
She might have not been a conventional beauty, but her witt, charisma, style and grace were her greatest assets .
Although she was known to be rather flat chested, the reference as her bosom to be "not much raised" may have been more to do with the fashion of the time. The boning in a bodice ended below the line of the bust in order to suppress rather than enhance the cleavage.
Source ~ Tracy Borman's The private lives of the Tudors.
Well, either way, Henry clearly didn't have a problem and called them "pritty duckys"
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