English rose (epithet)

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.

See also: Tudor rose, Red Rose of Lancaster, White Rose of York, and Wars of the Roses

Diana, Princess of Wales was labelled an English rose, an epithet contained in the song "Candle in the Wind 1997"

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

The term "English rose" is found in Merrie England (1902), a comic opera written 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.

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

"Last of the English Roses" is a 2008 song by singer/songwriter Pete Doherty from his album Grace/Wastelands. English Rose is the name of the 2019 debut album by singer/songwriter Connie Constance; its first song is also titled "English Rose".

Notable "English roses"
gollark: You should get someone to code-review it, though.
gollark: ```Instead of the programs I had hoped for, there came only a shuddering blackness and ineffable loneliness; and I saw at last a fearful truth which no one had ever dared to breathe before — the unwhisperable secret of secrets — The fact that this language of stone and stridor is not a sentient perpetuation of Rust as London is of Old London and Paris of Old Paris, but that it is in fact quite unsafe, its sprawling body imperfectly embalmed and infested with queer animate things which have nothing to do with it as it was in compilation.```
gollark: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/index.html
gollark: Do not embark on the madness of unsafe Rust. Not even the Rustonomicon can save you fully.
gollark: Use `Mutex` in the standard library.

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.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. Cinema Year by Year: The Complete Illustrated History of Film. Dorling Kindersley. 2006. p. 470.
  4. "As Millie, a real Julie Blossoms". Life magazine. 28 April 1967.
  5. "Kate Beckinsale: English pearl". BBC. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  6. "Diana: An English Rose". Royalty Magazine.
  7. "Emma Watson is turned into wax at Madame Tussauds". Metro. Retrieved 21 June 2020. She’s a true English rose known and loved by millions of film and fashion fans around the world"
  8. "Kate Winslet: The golden girl". The Independent. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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