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Update on “Did Robert Dudley Murder Amy Robsart?”

Just a quick update on this subject as Elizabeth Files visitor, Bess Chilver, has just pointed out that Chris Skidmore wrote an article in Monday’s “Daily Express” giving

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Elizabeth I books – my top picks

and surprisingly resonant concerns. Guy writes like a dream, and this combination of groundbreaking research and propulsive narrative puts him in a class of his own.

Amazon link: https://amzn.to/3rqlIOB

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Elizabeth’s Ladies

Procession Portrait by Robert Peake the Elder

Today’s episode of BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week, featuring “Elizabeth’s Women” by Tracy Borman, was mainly about Elizabeth’s household,

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Elizabeth I in the Movies

Anne Marie Duff as Elizabeth I

This article has been inspired by Mark Glancy’s article “Three Films about Queen Elizabeth I” in the August 2010 edition of BBC

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The Virgin, The Crab and Mythology

  Today we are honoured to have another guest post, this time from Robert Parry, author of the wonderful novel “The Virgin and The Crab” which I have just

Were any of the films made over the years about the Tudors ever filmed at the actual spots? If so do they have to get Queen Elizabeth’s permission to shoot in the actual locations?

…would have been needed from the trusts which own the different properties, e.g. English Heritage, National Trust, the Church of England and private owners/companies.

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Witches, Wenches and Weakness

Elizabeth I, vintage engraving

In Wednesday’s episode of “Elizabeth’s Women” on BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week programme, the roles and duties of Elizabeth’s ladies were discussed,

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Finding Kat Ashley by Karen Harper

Today, we have a guest post from Karen Harper, author of “The Queen’s Governess”, “The Last Boleyn” and “The Queen Elizabeth I Mystery Series”. I have just reviewed

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Elizabeth, Seymour and Shakespeare

…Son of Queen Elizabeth I”, then you can click here to buy it from Amazon.com. It has very mixed reviews on Amazon, with some people thinking that he may have…

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Elizabeth I’s Coronation Chart

…Elizabeth I’s natal and coronation charts. Virgin and the Crab – A magical novel about John Dee and his role in helping Elizabeth become Queen of England. http://www.squidoo.com/john-dee

*Sarah

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Mary Queen of Scots – Tragic Heroine?

…bombarded with comments (see comments on Free Report page and my article on Mary’s trial) proclaiming Mary Queen of Scots’ innocence, protesting that she was the rightful queen of England,

Elizabeth Tudor

It’s hard for someone like me to know where to begin describing Elizabeth Tudor.  I’ve loved and idolised her since being a small child in awe of the

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The Case of Amy Robsart – A Tudor Whodunnit?

…murder enquiry.

Was it Miss Scarlett with the mace on the staircase?

Whodunnit?

But, if it was murder, who killed Amy? The programme examined the following suspects:-

William Shakespeare

Today marks the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death in 1616 and possibly his birth in 1564. We do not know his actual birthday but he was baptised in

Elizabeth I Question and Answer

…I or the Tudors (or any of the other fascinating people of the time) please head over to the forum at the Anne Boleyn Files (here) where you’ll find all…

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Did Robert Dudley Murder Amy Robsart?

The Death of Amy Robsart by William Frederick Yeames

According to a report in yesterday’s “Daily Mail”, entitled “Did Elizabeth I’s lover have wife killed so he could

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Was Elizabeth a Jealous Old Hag?

…can listen to it on the BBC History Magazine’s websiteclick here to go to the right page. The first half of the BBC History Magazine is an interview…

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Elizabeth I’s Nativity Chart

…see http://www.squidoo.com/elizabeth and http://www.squidoo.com/john-dee

Author Robert Parry’s site on John Dee is also a great resource for those wanting to know more about Dee – see http://www.johndee.uku.co.uk/

Robert…

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The Cambridge Connections – Part 2

John Cheke

This is the second part of author Robert Parry’s examination of the “Cambridge Connections” which Anne Boleyn gave her daughter, the future Elizabeth I, when she

Please forgive my morbid curiousity, but in the 500 years since the death of Queen Elizabeth I has her tomb ever been opened or the body examined ? I’d like to know how she was dressed , and if any jewells were burried with her ? Thank-you

Elizabeth I was buried at Westminster Abbey on the 28th April 1603 in the vault of her grandfather, King Henry VII. In 1606, King James I had her remains