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For questions 1–8, read the article about Queen Elizabeth I of England and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Princess Elizabeth was born on 7th September 1533, the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Henry, however, wanted a son, so when Elizabeth ...
Focuses on England's Queen Elizabeth I, an important figure of the sixteenth century. Biographical information; Education; Her role and conduct as ruler of England; Obstacles she faced, including marriage and succession, religious division, domestic discontent and foreign threat...
Blood, Lust, and the Virgin Queen: Helen Mirren's Elizabeth I Robison argues that Elizabeth I is the most plausible, coherent, and aesthetically satisfying among recent filmic depictions of the Virgin Queen. However, Helen Mirren's brilliant performance, the outstanding supporting cast, the ...
Queen Elizabeth I’s right to the throne wasn’t always guaranteed. Her father, KingHenry VIII, hadParliamentannul his marriage to Elizabeth’s mother—his second wife,Anne Boleyn—thus making Elizabeth an illegitimate child and removing her from the line of succession (although a later ...
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Beginning of article If you look back at the many volumes of press cuttings that are the history of Elizabeth Taylor, you could persuade yourself that in the Fifties and early Sixties she had not just enemies, but people ready to preach against her and her terrible example. It was a more...
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. The first significant covert operation was the kidnapping of John Story in 1570. An English Catholic, Story had fled to the Low Countries, where he plotted against Elizabeth while working for the Spanish. Sir William Ceci...
In those early years in Canada, Queen Elizabeth became a big part of my life and I learned how big a role she served in the lives of Canadians and other countries in the Commonwealth. She united our countries in times of need, and offered steady leadership and reassurance in our hour of...
Article content During her first Christmas speech in 1952, the Queen said, “Many grave problems and difficulties confront us, but with a new faith in the old and splendid beliefs given us by our forefathers, and the strength to venture beyond the safeties of the past, I know...