Queen Mary : You speak with such sincerity. I see you are still a consummate actress. My husband is gone. They have poisoned my child. They say it is a tumor. Elizabeth : Madam, you are not well. Queen Mary : They say this cancer will make you queen, but they are wrong. Look there, it is your death warrant. All I need do is sign it. Elizabeth : Mary, if you sign that paper, you will be murdering your own sister.
Elizabeth : Kat I have become a virgin. Duc d'Anjou : [as he stands before Elizabeth and entourage in a dress, speaking in a heavy French accent] What? Wha-do, what? You stare, Madame. Duc d'Anjou : What is it, do you see Elizabeth : You are wearing a dress, Your Grace. Duc d'Anjou : Oh, yes, I am wearing a dress! Yes, yes, I'm wearing a dress! Wha- I wear a dress like this, my mother, and you But I only dress like this-a, when I'm alone, in private, with my friends Elizabeth : Your Grace.
Elizabeth : Although my affection for you is undiminished, I have, after an agonizing struggle, determined to sacrifice my own happiness for the welfare of my people. Duc d'Anjou : [sarcastically, fully expecting her rejection] Oh! My God, ha-ha Arundel : Madam, you are cold. Elizabeth : I do not need your pity.
Arundel : Accept it, then, for my sake. Elizabeth : Thank you. I shall not forget this kindness. Lord Robert : When you are Queen Elizabeth : I am not Elizabeth : I am not Queen yet! Lord Robert : You will be. Elizabeth, Queen of England. A court to worship you, a country to obey you, poems written celebrating your beauty, music composed in your honor, and they will mean nothing to you.
I will mean nothing to you. Elizabeth : [laughs gaily] How could you ever be nothing to me? Robert, you know you are everything to me. Elizabeth : This is the Lord's doing. And it is marvelous in our eyes. Elizabeth : When I am queen, I promise Queen Mary : Well do not think to be queen at all! Elizabeth : There will be no more talk of marriage. Elizabeth : Just tell me why.
Lord Robert : Why? Madam, is it not plain enough to you? It would corrupt the soul of any man. Elizabeth : I do not like wars. They have uncertain outcomes. Sir Francis Walsingham : All Norfolk need do is sign this paper and treason will have been committed. Elizabeth : Then let him sign it, and let it all be done.
Elizabeth : I have rid England of her enemies. What do I do now? Am I to be made of stone? Must I be touched by nothing? Elizabeth : She had such power over men's hearts. They died for her. Sir Francis Walsingham : They have found nothing to replace her. Sift the facts from the fiction surrounding Elizabeth I. Famously, Elizabeth lived and died as the 'Virgin Queen', resistant to being married off and obviously childless.
However, Elizabeth had many favourites and close friends who were men, including Robert Dudley, Walter Raleigh, Francis Drake, and Robert Devereux, as well as many prominent suitors, including many of the crown rulers of Europe and their heirs. We may never know if Elizabeth had non-platonic relationships with any of them, though no evidence has ever conclusively proved that she took lovers or companions before or after taking the crown.
Elizabeth had a notoriously sweet tooth, and had a particular taste for candied violets. Eventually, the sugar cane caused many of her teeth to go black.
Supposedly, Elizabeth spoke five languages fluently by the age of eleven, and continued to learn bits of other languages, including German, as she grew older. Portraits of Elizabeth typically depict the queen with flaming red hair and an extremely white complexion. Earlier depictions of Elizabeth suggest that her red hair was natural; her ultra-white face was created through lead-based make-up that may have led to health issues in her later life.
Elizabeth came under suspicion when the wife of her favourite, Robert Dudley, died under mysterious circumstances. This story has become a favourite for writers of mysteries and thrillers to explore in their novels. Many misogynists and conspiracy theorists have argued that, due to her extraordinary leadership qualities, noted academic brilliance, and financial acumen, Elizabeth must have been a man.
An overwhelming amount of evidence declares this notion to be false and discriminatory. Philip apparently had less compunction about creating a parallel situation with Elizabeth. Elizabeth turned Philip down and eventually fought a war against him, the Spanish Armada. Find out more about the Spanish Armada. This argument often has classist origins — many scholars have been reluctant to ascribe some of the greatest works of literature of all time to the son of a glover from Stratford — and is almost certainly false.
Queen Elizabeth survived smallpox as a young woman, though none of the portraits of her show the scars she probably had from the disease. Understand the context, creation and significance of the Armada Portrait in our concise guide. Indulge in gifts inspired by its Elizabethan symbolism.
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