

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

Elizabeth I

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Sir Francis Walsingham

Duke of Norfolk

The Pope

Sir William Cecil

Mary of Guise

Monsieur de Foix

Duc d'Anjou

Queen Mary Tudor

Earl of Arundel

Kat Ashley

Alvaro de la Quadra

Isabel Knollys

Sir Thomas Elyot

John Ballard

Arundel's Son

Earl of Sussex

Lady in Waiting

Lettice Howard

Lady in Waiting

Lady in Waiting

Lady in Waiting

Lady in Waiting

First Bishop

Second Bishop

Arundel's Daughter

Lady in Waiting

Master of the Tower

Norfolk's Man

Young French Man

Priest

Bishop Carlisle

Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer

Earl of Derby

Lord William Howard

Lord Harewood

Bishop (in Cellar)

Third Bishop

Handsome Man

Female Martyr

Master Ridley

Palace Chamberlain

Mary's Dwarf

King Philip II of Spain

Dance Tutor

Dudley's Man

Dudley's Man

Vatican Cardinal

Arundel's Housemaid

Arundel's Wife

Walsingham's Man

Member of Duc d'Anjou's Group (uncredited)

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Royal Guard of Honour (uncredited)

Henchman (uncredited)

French Guard (uncredited)

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Courtier (uncredited)

Royal Guard (uncredited)

Norfolk's Man

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Hairstylist

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