Little Elizabeth: The Young Princess Who Became Queen

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Frederica. “ Queen Elizabeth II Family Tree: How Many Children and Grandchildren Does the Queen Have?” Express. March 26, 2020. Accessed: May 23, 2020. Suyin. “ Queen Elizabeth II is Now the World’s Longest Reigning Monarch.” Time, October 13, 2016. Accessed: May 23, 2020. Maybe Lizzo is more like Cher – a mononym too big to belong to more than one person. Singer Lizzo was born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, but it’s easy to imagine an Elizabeth answering to Lizzo, too. TESS

Elizabeth received the news of her sister’s death at Hatfield on 17 November 1558. By tradition, she was seated under an ancient oak tree – a fitting setting for a queen destined to establish an English ‘golden age’ perhaps. But in 1558, England’s future was uncertain. The country was divided by religion and isolated in European politics, and the last years of Mary’s reign had seen failed military campaigns, food shortages, bitter winters and the return of the plague. Elizabeth also began piano lessons with Mabel Lander, whose other pupils included the Russian concert pianist Prince George Chavchavadze. Her first dancing lessons, known in the family as “hops”, took place in the ballroom at Sandringham when she was five: with her mother and grandmother she learned to polka.

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Elizabeth continued to maintain the diplomatic relations with the Tsardom of Russia that were originally established by her half-brother, Edward VI. She often wrote to Tsar Ivan the Terrible on amicable terms, though the Tsar was often annoyed by her focus on commerce rather than on the possibility of a military alliance. Ivan even proposed to her once, and during his later reign, asked for a guarantee to be granted asylum in England should his rule be jeopardised. [158] English merchant and explorer Anthony Jenkinson, who began his career as a representative of the Muscovy Company, became the queen's special ambassador to the court of Tsar Ivan. [159] One of Elizabeth’s mottoes was ‘I see but say nothing’. The Queen avoided controversy when she could. There is no record of her ever mentioning her mother, Anne Boleyn, in public. Aunt Charlotte "Chatty" MacLean - A sweet and frivolous old widow at Windy Poplars who likes to read novels and play cards.

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She was born into a global monarchy, her grandfather’s an imperial throne. From provincial mayors, colonial governors and, as newspapers reported, “the Ruling Princes of India”, congratulatory telegrams arrived in Bruton Street. The Spectator announced: “It will be very agreeable to the nation if the child is given a characteristically English name.”

It ought not to have been the case for the tiny princess born by Caesarian section in the early hours of a rain-sodden morning, in the Mayfair townhouse of her maternal grandparents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Her father was not the king’s heir. Albert, Duke of York, called “Bertie”, was George V’s second son: at 31, his glamorous elder brother, Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward VIII, was still unmarried.Here, we can see Bronson’s projections onto Lizzie, the way he views her as having plantlike passivity, her actions something akin to a Venus flytrap closing over its prey. Pure instinct. The Elizabethan religious compromise helped spare England from the religious wars ravaging Europe; the stability instead nurtured a cultural renaissance and burgeoning sense of national self-confidence. Minerva Tomgallon- The last remaining member of her family who lives alone and rarely goes out except to church. She invites Anne over for dinner and tells her the tragic lives of her relatives. How easily this might have turned her head: from her parents and grandparents she learned humility and modesty. Showing off and crowd pleasing, Queen Mary made clear, were appropriate only for actresses. “Princess Elizabeth is safer from spoiling than the average rich American son or daughter,” noted one American observer approvingly. Meanwhile, Francis Drake had undertaken a major voyage against Spanish ports and ships in the Caribbean in 1585 and 1586. In 1587 he made a successful raid on Cádiz, destroying the Spanish fleet of war ships intended for the Enterprise of England, [135] as Philip II had decided to take the war to England. [136]

I will never break the word of a prince spoken in public place, for my honour's sake. And therefore I say again, I will marry as soon as I can conveniently, if God take not him away with whom I mind to marry, or myself, or else some other great let [obstruction [87]] happen. [88] North Europeans often shorten this classic name to Lisi – choose your spelling. (In Estonian and Finnish, the names are often spelled Liisi.) LIZ and LIZZIE The period after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 brought new difficulties for Elizabeth that lasted until the end of her reign. [141] The conflicts with Spain and in Ireland dragged on, the tax burden grew heavier, and the economy was hit by poor harvests and the cost of war. Prices rose and the standard of living fell. [172] [173] [141] During this time, repression of Catholics intensified, and Elizabeth authorised commissions in 1591 to interrogate and monitor Catholic householders. [174] To maintain the illusion of peace and prosperity, she increasingly relied on internal spies and propaganda. [172] Chloe. “ Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s Signed Christmas Cards for Staff Are So Sweet.” Town and Country, December 6, 2019. Accessed: May 25, 2020.

It’s also worth noting that Isabella and Elizabeth are close cousins, though shortening the name Elizabeth to Bella feels unlikely.