Queen Elizabeth I's rumored romance with Lord Robert Dudley has inspired the storylines of multiple movies about her life Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE Digital, covering modern ...

Elizabeth came to the throne in a time when women had very little power. Royal women were disposable. Her own father, Henry VIII, had her mother, Anne Boleyn, executed. Had Elizabeth married, her ...

A rare signed letter to Queen Elizabeth I from her lifelong friend and possible love interest, Robert Dudley, Earl of ...

Elizabeth, the last Tudor monarch, was born in Greenwich on 7 September 1533. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. When Elizabeth was just two years old, her mother ...

Queen Elizabeth I’s reign was defined by power, strategy and an ironclad reputation — but one scandal threatened to shake the foundation of her carefully crafted image. Elizabeth I reigned ...

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann Francis Drake's successful voyage included British sailors ...