It's been suggested that the monarch may have died as a child and been replaced with a village boy over fears of Henry VIII's ...

Queen Elizabeth I’s secret love affair with Lord Robert Dudley set the royal court buzzing and threatened to unravel her ...

This had advantages and disadvantages. Elizabeth emphasised her “Virgin Queen” image by portraying herself as a monarch who put the stability and security of England before her personal happiness.

Elizabeth I reigned from 1558 until her death in 1603 as the last Tudor monarch. Dubbed "The Virgin Queen," she never married — a decision shaped by both personal and political reasons.

In 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh sets up a colony of about 100 men on the east coast of North America, which he names Virginia after Elizabeth I, ‘the Virgin Queen’. Elizabeth's Catholic cousin Mary ...

Papist Spain wants to bring down the heretic Elizabeth. Philip is building an ... During these months, the Virgin Queen falls in love with Walter Raleigh, keeping him close to court and away ...