The Thistle and The RoseMargaret, the first Tudor princess and queen consort and queen regent of Scotland, is the forgotten Tudor. Yet, the elder sister of Henry VIII led a life of great drama, composed in equal parts of privilege and pain, highlighted by personal danger, hardship and loss. Overlooked or dismissed by historians as Henry VIII in a dress (not, in itself, necessarily an insult), Margaret has been ill served by superficial biographies or heavy handed academic