Odds are that he never met the Queen, either. Just like our modern day mint makers, they would have been working from at best a portrait or a description.
As far as beauty goes... what makes someone beautiful anyway??? Some men appreciate a woman for her looks, some like a woman with a brain, some settle for a woman that reminds them of their mother, some like a woman who can make them laugh... beauty isn't something that can be quanified on the side of a coin.
