Elizabeth's final years
For it is not my desire to be or reign longer than my life and reign shall be for your good. And though you have had and may have many mightier and wiser princes in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have any that will love you better…
Queen Elizabeth (1533–1603), 'Golden Speech' to Parliament on 30 November 1601
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The heady heights of fame, popularity and success that Elizabeth reached with the defeat of the...
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The issue of succession had been a concern of Elizabeth's government ever since she came to the...