Secrets of the Virgin Queen - Part 1
Dubbed the “Virgin Queen” for her alleged fidelity, Elizabeth I is one of the most well-known English monarchs, the last of the Tudor s. But… was she a virgin? (Due to complaints about the length of some of my posts, I’ve decided to do this topic in parts; this post is over 1000 words, BUT I’ve only reproduced a single, to-the-point article – and on a single part of this topic. IF you’re not up to reading it right now, I’ve included several links at the end AND I’m looking at making an audio/video version of it.) From the Daily Mail: Unkempt and exhausted, 800 miles from England the shipwrecked young man prepared to meet his interrogators in a Madrid courtroom one June day in 1587. Suspected of spying after his ship ran aground just days earlier in the Bay of Biscay, the unshaven sailor feared for his life. But it was not the threat of incarceration that troubled him, but the repercussions of the secret he was about to reveal. Asked to identify himself,...