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by Staff | Fan Fun With Damian Lewis | April 9, 2025
Step inside the Tudor Dynasty with us as we handpick our favorite superlatives for each episode of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – from ‘who wore it best’ fashionable costume and top villain, to outstanding scene and perfect cinematography – and everything else in between! Up this week:
Episode 3: Defiance
USA Air Date: Sunday, April 6, 2025
Plot Summary: A rising in the north destabilizes Henry’s kingdom. Despite the risks to his own life, Cromwell moves to protect Lady Mary from becoming the Rebels’ greatest prize.
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Who Wore It Best – Queen Jane Seymour
Jane wore a stunning gown of vibrant purple-violet and gilded gold to the sip-n-see gathering at Chester Place, the Seymour family’s London residence. Purple can signify royalty and spirituality and gold is often associated with wealth, luxury, and power. No doubt she wanted to look her best to welcome Nan and her brother Edward’s newborn baby to the family, but she was glowing for other reasons 😉
Most Gruesome Fate – John Bellowe
Cromwell’s servant John Bellowe (not pictured) was blinded and sewn into the hide of a skinned bull by the Rebels. Then they set the dogs on him. A beheading almost sounds more humane.
Biggest Oops of Mistaken Identity – The Cromwells
Thomas Cromwell thought he was arranging a marriage between Queen Jane’s widowed sister Elizabeth “Bess” Seymour-Oughtred and his son Gregory Cromwell, but their brother Edward Seymour assumes it is Cromwell himself, and Bess obliges. Talk about a faux-pas love triangle mess that was the latest rumor mill at Court! Alas, the betrothed Bess finally made it down the aisle to her rightful groom…Gregory.
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Who Wore It Best – Queen Jane Seymour
I am going to pick a purple anything as my favorite, so this gorgeous gown was a no-brainer for me to pick as my best look of the week. Only royalty were allowed to wear the color purple during Tudor times. This restriction was part of the sumptuary laws, which dictated what people could wear based on their social status, so to this I say – Yass Queen!
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