Scenes from the Life of the Tudors

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King Henry VIII and his family at the time he married Catherine Parr. Catherine Parr was close to all of Henry’s children.

YOUNG ELIZABETH

Edward visiting Elizabeth.
Mary intrudes.
Mary finds out that Elisabeth is reading the puritan verison of the Bible.
Elizabeth was reprimanded and left alone to continue her reading.

BLOODY MARY

After the short reign of Edward IV and even shorter of lady Jane Gray, Mary became the first reigning queen of England. She married Philip of Spain. Her marriage was not a happy one.

MIDDLE-AGED ELIZABETH

Elizabeth expecting her counselors to join her.

Elizabeth’s couselors were William Cecil and his son Robert.

Hans Holbein the Younger tried hard to immortalize the Cecils for the posterity. The Cecils posed and Holbein painted them and painted them but never right, The final version turned out to be just a very poor copy of the nowadays famous painting known as The Ambassadors.

Elizabeth listens to the Cecils but looks sure that she will do as she likes.

THE GOLDEN AGE

No words needed.

A TABLOID INTERPRETATION OF THE OLD AGE RIVALRY BETWEEN ELIZABETH AND MARY OF SCOTS

Many will argue that old age was the least important factor that defined the later years of their relationship. Maybe so, but it was typical of old age grumpiness.

After a lot of unhappy moves, Mary Queen of Scots had to seek her cousin Elizabeth’s protection in England.

Robert Dudley, Earl of Lancaster was Elizabeth’s lover whom she herself proposed to become Mary’s husband. Neither party was willing and nothing came of it, but her senses overpowered by jealousy, Elizabeth always imagined them deeply in love.

The three of them never met like like the photo in the tabloid shows.

Added other reasons, political and otherwise, Elisabeth had Mary beheaded.