Will you leave your kingdom to a heretic?” That was the question posed to a dying Queen Mary in 1998’s Elizabeth, director Shekhar Kapur’s grim and dingy film now viewed in retrospect as the origin ...
In Spain, they’re cutting down vast forests in order to build the Armada, with which they intend to impose that country’s grim Catholic will on Protestant England. In a glum castle, Mary Queen of ...
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The Virgin Queen: Why Elizabeth I never married
Queen Elizabeth I is known for many things: defeating the Spanish Armada, restoring Protestantism, setting the stage for ...
In 2002, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Golden Jubilee, marking her 50th year on the throne. "Gratitude, respect and pride, these words sum up how I feel about the people of this country and the ...
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