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The Friday Review

Here’s a quick review of the latest news here at the Elizabeth files and in the Tudor world, please comment…

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Elizabeth and Mary Part 3

This is part three of my series on Elizabeth I and Mary I and the relationship they had as half-sisters….

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Elizabeth and Mary Part 2

If you watched “The Tudors”, you may have been surprised by the scenes of the teenage Mary sharing a bed…

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Elizabeth Locket Ring

Elizabeth I had a very special piece of jewellery commissioned in around 1575, a piece that would mean so much…

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Elizabeth and Mary Part 1

Today’s post is the first about two sisters (or rather half-sisters): Mary and Elizabeth, their relationship as children and what…

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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…

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Elizabeth I’s Nativity Chart

This post has been sparked off by the wonderful novel that I’m reading at the moment – “The Virgin and…

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Mistress Blanche

Many Tudor history buffs have heard of ladies like Kat Ashley and Bess Throckmorton, who served Queen Elizabeth I, but…