NICOLA TALLIS joined S.T. Patrick to discuss one of the greatest losses of Queen Elizabeth I's life - that of her favorite suitor Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester. Elizabeth didn't lose him to death. She lost him to another woman, Lettice Knollys. Who was Lettice Knollys and why did the Earl choose her over the Queen? What was Elizabeth's reaction? Why did Elizabeth choose … [Read more...]
Elizabeth the Great?
On the anniversary of the birth of Queen Elizabeth I of England, it is interesting to look at her popular place in British history. Elizabeth was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, who was beheaded in 1536 when Elizabeth was two years old. In 2007 the BBC conducted a poll asking the readers to vote for England’s greatest monarch. Queen Elizabeth I led the … [Read more...]