Sophia’s Reviews > The Life of Elizabeth I > Status Update

Dudley thought of Scotland as a land of barbarians. Honestly what I read shocked me. My experience with two Scot’s was so bad the worst bullying came from these two.

She sent a pregnant woman to the tower and her husband, falsely declared their marriage null to invalidate the heirs potential succession to the throne which could result in her being overthrown. She was right to not ensure that full punishment of treason wasn’t applied that the law prescribed, she showed mercy there. Terrifying that all that happened though. She did the same to them what was done to her in youth.

A lot of conjecture around Dudley’s wife’s death, whether it was suicide, accident or ordered by Dudley and more. Servants, relatives, friends and more can be paid off, Dudley could have been nervous to see if they followed orders, etc there could have been planning and collusion to control the evidence eg Marilyn Monroe. Their biggest worry is the reputational fallout and what happens from this, accountability.

Ew. Even joking about carrying on with a married man is gross.

Protestantism is similar to some practices in Islam where we don’t venerate saints, hold religious images and statues eg they have it in church, but we do pray for the dead.

Poisoned purple perfume. Morrocan purple oud. Poisoned thorny flowers.

This is why they were saying ‘one breast’ & cancer. Some said Elizabeth was waiting for Dudley’s wife to die (divorce) to marry him. Shirk tarot elsewhere. I didn’t know the “when are you going to get divorced? That’s when I’ll marry. To your husband”. From there on, what did they do it? If it was during, I complain about her, if it’s after that’s killing & if trade applies on your behalf..

Robert Dudley’s outfit is proper nice, the grey and white one. He knows how to fashoooon.

I really like Elizabeth. Kind. She was a Protestant but did not like the ridiculing and dehumanisation of catholics and walked out in one event when this happened. She believed people’s conscience are their own, no liking to make windows into men’s hearts and secret thoughts, she wanted to loyalty to herself. She seemed like a peacemaker. One who resolves.

A formidable queen indeed who could withstand criticism from the public and even restored the rights for the arts to continue and advocated for the people in this regard in terms of leisure. She’s quite funny with not liking long sermons either.