"Beyond all this, and quite aside from the possibility that early in life the two had formed a bond of which we have been left no record, Elizabeth had reason to regard Dudley as a kindred spirit. Although the Duke of Northumberland died professing himself a Catholic, all his offspring embraced evangelical Protestantism. The male Dudleys who had not been executed were still being held in the Tower when Wyatt’s Rebellion led to Elizabeth’s confinement there. The experience, which for Elizabeth and Robert alike included the very real possibility of execution, gave them a profoundly memorable experience in common. Both were ultimately saved by the intercession of Philip after his arrival from Spain, Elizabeth as a safeguard against Mary Stuart, Dudley and his brothers because of their stature among England’s warrior elite and Philip’s wish for influential friends. Both remained deep in the political wilderness, however, as long as Queen Mary remained alive. The properties bestowed on her in her father’s will had made Elizabeth rich, and during Mary’s reign she was an inherently important personage as heir presumptive, but her life was quiet except for those moments of near-terror occasioned by official suspicion that she was involved in plots against the queen. Dudley, his conviction for treason set aside thanks to Philip’s intervention, settled into the peaceful existence of a country gentleman." - The Tudors: The Complete Story of England’s Most Notorious Dynasty by G.J. Meyer
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Favorite Tudor (as voted by you)
1/10 Elizabeth I
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they wish us to fight it out to the death
BECOMING ELIZABETH - coming June 2022
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She is like me in so many ways...
Vanessa Redgrave as Anne Boleyn in A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Vanessa Redgrave as Elizabeth I in Anonymous (2011)
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A Q U E E N A N D H E R F A V O U R I T E
↳ Elizabeth I, Queen of England & Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester as portrayed by Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons in HBO’s Elizabeth I
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