The Waiting Game Jo McMillan What Cotton discovers amid the

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The Waiting Game Jo McMillan What Cotton discovers amid theEvery Tudor Queen had ladies in waiting. They were her confidantes and her chaperones. Only the Queen's ladies had the right to enter her most private chambers, spending hours helping her to get dressed and undressed, caring for her clothes and jewels, listening to her secrets. But they also held a unique power. A quiet word behind the scenes, an appropriately timed gift, a well negotiated marriage alliance were all forms of political agency wielded