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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KSW, post: 4272543, member: 8708&quot;]‘Queen Anne’s lace is said to have been named after Queen Anne of England, who was an expert lace maker. Legend has it that when pricked with a needle, a single drop of blood fell from her finger onto the lace, leaving the dark purple floret found in the flower’s center. </p><p><br /></p><p>Queen Anne (1665–1714) was the last of the Stuart monarchs, remembered for achieving the union of England and Scotland in 1707 and for bringing the War of the Spanish Succession to a conclusion.</p><p><br /></p><p>At 7.30am on 1 August 1714, Anne passed away, worn out physically and mentally. One of her doctors wrote: “Sleep was never more welcome to a weary traveller than death was to her.”</p><p><br /></p><p>At the time of her death, Anne had grown so vast that she had to be placed in a square-shaped coffin, before being carried (once again) to Westminster Abbey and buried next to her faithful husband. <a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/facts-about-stuarts-royals-mary-queen-scots-witchcraft/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/facts-about-stuarts-royals-mary-queen-scots-witchcraft/" rel="nofollow">The Stuart line</a> ended, and George I became the first Hanoverian king’</p><p><br /></p><p>A square coffin??……….<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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