English rose (epithet)

This article is about "English rose" as a description of a person. For other uses, see English Rose.
Portrait of Elizabeth Raleigh, wife of Sir Walter
Portrait of woman, in festive masque costume, produced in the latter years of Sir Walter Raleigh
Tudor and red roses
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English rose is a description, associated with English culture, that may be applied to a naturally attractive woman or girl of traditionally fair complexion who is from or is associated with England.

The description has a cultural reference to the national flower of England, the rose,[1] and to its long tradition within English symbolism.

Use in fiction

Merrie England

The term "English rose" is found in Merrie England (1902), a comic opera with words by: Basil Hood. He describes a garden where 'women are the flowers' and in which 'the sweetest blossom' or 'fairest queen' is 'the perfect English rose'.[2]

The words are performed by a tenor in the role of Sir Walter Raleigh (1554–1618) in the presence of a May Queen but regarding his secret love (purely within the opera) a member of the household of Elizabeth I.

  See also: 16th-century portrait paintings of women (category) and 1900–09 in fashion.

Application to personalities

People who have been frequently described in the media or with note in media history with the words "English rose" include:

  1. ^ "GEMMA ARTERTON, AN ENGLISH ROSE AT CANNES". www.celebrityredcarpet.co.uk/. Retrieved 29 July 2014. Amongst ~45.3k results for "English rose" "Gemma Arterton" 
  2. ^ "Kate Beckinsale proves she's a true English rose in a pretty pink dress". www.dailymail.co.uk/. Amongst ~107k results for "English rose" "Kate Beckinsale" 
  3. ^ "BRIGHT FUTURE: EMILY BLUNT ... quintessential English Rose". harpersbazaar.co.uk/. Retrieved 29 July 2014. amongst ~87k results for "English rose" "Emily Blunt" 
  4. ^ "...Kelly Brook shows why Sun readers recently voted her their ultimate English Rose...". thesun.co.uk/. Retrieved 29 July 2014. Amongst ~1190k results for "English rose" "Kelly Brook" 
  5. ^ "...The true English rose looks naturally beautiful in the shots...". Retrieved 23 January 2016. Amongst ~13k results for "English rose" "Emilia Clarke" 
  6. ^ "Michelle Dockery is every inch the English rose in stunning lilac coat...". Retrieved 24 January 2016. Amongst ~85.4k results for "English rose" "Michelle Dockery" 
  7. ^ "But Natalie Dormer looked every inch the English rose as she enjoyed a romantic stroll through the streets of London...". Retrieved 24 January 2016. Amongst ~123k results for "English rose" "Natalie Dormer" 
  8. ^ Princess Diana: The Haunting Story of the English Rose. Retrieved 29 July 2014. amongst ~25k results for "English rose" "Princess Diana" 
  9. ^ "English rose: British actress Alice Eve channels ballerina...". www.dailymail.co.uk/. Retrieved 29 July 2014. Amongst ~52.6k results for "English rose" "Alice Eve" 
  10. ^ "Anna Friel". www.imdb.com/. Retrieved 29 July 2014. Amongst ~30.4k results for "English rose" "Anna Friel" 
  11. ^ Lesley-Ann Jones (7 September 2010) "Rosie Huntington-Whiteley: Is Model Nice Girl Rosie's Transformation Complete?",Daily Express, Retrieved 23 August 2011
  12. ^ "First time for everything: English rose Elizabeth Hurley...". www.dailymail.co.uk/. Retrieved 29 July 2014. Amongst ~128k results for "English rose" "Elizabeth Hurley" 
  13. ^ "Deborah Kerr Biography". imdb.com. Nickname - The English Rose 
  14. ^ "Keira Knightley’s English rose look:...". www.mirror.co.uk/. Retrieved 29 July 2014. amongst ~15k results for: "English rose" "Keira Knightley" 
  15. ^ ""English rose" "Kate Middleton" is a real English rose;". www.facebook.com/Ancestry.com/. Retrieved 29 July 2014. Amongst ~24.8k results for "English rose" "Kate Middleton" 
  16. ^ "How to get Sienna Miller's English rose BAFTA tan". fashion.telegraph.co.uk/. amongst ~105k results for "English rose" "Sienna Miller" 
  17. ^ "Dame Helen Mirren is an English rose at...". www.mirror.co.uk/. Retrieved 29 July 2014. Amongst ~107k results for "English rose" "Helen Mirren" 
  18. ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (2000). Searching for stars : stardom and screen acting in British cinema (1. publ. ed.). London [u.a.]: Cassell. p. 66. ISBN 0304333522. Oberon was one of the few British start of the era who could be described as glamourous, but she was probably too glamourous for the prim tastes of 1930s film-makers. Korda had signed her up as a starlet because she was 'exotic', but he rarely managed to find roles to suit her. More often than not, he used her as an English-rose type - Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII or Lady Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934). 
  19. ^ "Rosamund Pike plays the quintessential English rose as the new face of LK Bennett". Retrieved 24 January 2016. Amongst ~133k results for "English rose" "Rosamund Pike" 
  20. ^ Bret, David (2011). Elizabeth Taylor : the lady, the lover, the legend : 1932-2011 : a new biography. Vancouver: Greystone Books. ISBN 9781553654407. Amongst ~2540k results for "English rose" "Elizabeth Taylor" 
  21. ^ "A true English rose! Make-up free Emma Watson...". dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2014. amongst ~28k results for "english rose" "Emma Watson" 
  22. ^ "Naomi Watts beats off English rose Keira Knightley for role of Princess Diana". twitter.com/HuffPostUK/. Retrieved 29 July 2014. Amongst ~103k results for "English rose" "Naomi Watts" 
  23. ^ "RACHEL WEISZ". http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/. Retrieved 29 July 2014. Amongst ~88.4k results for "English rose" "Rachel Weisz"  External link in |website= (help)
  24. ^ "Holly Willoughby looks gorgeous with no make-up...". www.reveal.co.uk/. Retrieved 29 July 2014. Amongst ~37.9k results for "English rose" "Holly Willoughby" 

Diana, Princess of Wales

At the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997, Elton John performed a version of his 1974 hit Candle in the Wind which began with the adapted lyrics, Goodbye England's rose...

See also

References

  1. ↑ "England's National Symbols". englandforever.org/.
  2. ↑ Dent, edited by Susie (2012). Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable. (19th ed.). Edinburgh: Chambers. p. 445. ISBN 9780550102454.
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