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

Queen Elizabeth I’s secret love affair with Lord Robert Dudley set the royal court buzzing and threatened to unravel her ...

Sold by auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull for £32,700 - four times more than the estimated price - the manuscript is said to link ...

According to Royal Museums Greenwich, Elizabeth I "seriously considered marriage" twice in her reign, and first fell for Lord Robert Dudley. The bond between the childhood friends blossomed into ...

An extremely rare autographed letter to Queen Elizabeth from her lifelong friend and possible love interest, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, ...

Despite pressure from her advisers, particularly Lord Burghley, Elizabeth always refused to marry and provide an heir. She had a close relationship with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester ...

He worked for Elizabeth well into old age, at which point his son, Robert Cecil, took over some of his duties. Image caption, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was a childhood friend of Elizabeth.