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Elizabeth I in Cinema

The evolution of one of Hollywood's most iconic muses

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    Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley were certainly emotionally dependent on each other throughout their lives, but were they ever really lovers?

  • WHY WAS ELIZABETH I SO IMPORTANT?

    Best-selling author and historian Dr Tracy Borman explains what the accession of Elizabeth I in November 1558 meant for women in power.

  • THE PIRATES OF ENGLAND

    English Heritage's Senior Historian Paul Pattison reveals the unexpected faces of England's notorious pirates. It turns out, the truth is far grittier than the fiction.

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