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Though some historians have criticised Elizabeth on similar grounds, [m] Raleigh's verdict has more often been judged unfair. Elizabeth had good reason not to place too much trust in her commanders, who once in action tended, as she put it herself, "to be transported with an haviour of vainglory". [144] 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] Elizabeth became queen at the age of 25, and declared her intentions to her council and other peers who had come to Hatfield to swear allegiance. The speech contains the first record of her adoption of the medieval political theology of the sovereign's "two bodies": the body natural and the body politic: [45] Neale, J. E. (1954) [1934], Queen Elizabeth I: A Biography (reprinted.), London: Jonathan Cape, OCLC 220518 . Some of the countries she was once Queen of are now republics and have a president as "Head of State". Some of them kept the Queen as "Head of State". Queen Elizabeth II was the only monarch of more than one independent nation. The old British Empire became the Commonwealth of Nations.

Haigh, Christopher (2000), Elizabeth I (2nded.), Harlow (UK): Longman Pearson, ISBN 978-0-5824-3754-8 . The East India Company was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region and China, and received its charter from Queen Elizabeth on 31 December 1600. For a period of 15 years, the company was awarded a monopoly on English trade with all countries east of the Cape of Good Hope and west of the Straits of Magellan. James Lancaster commanded the first expedition in 1601. The Company eventually controlled half of world trade and substantial territory in India in the 18th and 19th centuries. [171] Later years ed. (2003), Elizabeth: The Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, London: Chatto and Windus, ISBN 978-0-7011-7476-7 .

Doran, Susan (1996), Monarchy and Matrimony: The Courtships of Elizabeth I, London: Routledge, ISBN 978-0-4151-1969-6 .

One of the causes for this "second reign" of Elizabeth, as it is sometimes called, [177] was the changed character of Elizabeth's governing body, the privy council in the 1590s. A new generation was in power. With the exception of William Cecil, Baron Burghley, the most important politicians had died around 1590: the Earl of Leicester in 1588; Francis Walsingham in 1590; and Christopher Hatton in 1591. [178] Factional strife in the government, which had not existed in a noteworthy form before the 1590s, [179] now became its hallmark. [180] A bitter rivalry arose between Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex, and Robert Cecil, son of Lord Burghley, with both being supported by their respective adherents. The struggle for the most powerful positions in the state marred the kingdom's politics. [181] The queen's personal authority was lessening, [182] as is shown in the 1594 affair of Dr. Lopez, her trusted physician. When he was wrongly accused by the Earl of Essex of treason out of personal pique, she could not prevent the doctor's execution, although she had been angry about his arrest and seems not to have believed in his guilt. [183]Elledge, Jonn (9 September 2015), "Queen Elizabeth II is about to become Britain's longest reigning monarch, so here are some charts", New Statesman , retrieved 16 January 2021 The Queen's Platinum Jubilee was held in February 2022, meaning she has been Queen for 70 years. [34] She would have surpassed Louis XIV of France as the longest-reigning monarch of a sovereign state in world history if she remained Queen until 27 May 2024. [35] Public opinion [ change | change source ] Queen Elizabeth on a "walkabout" to meet members of the public As Elizabeth's Lord Keeper, Nicholas Bacon, put it on her behalf to parliament in 1559, the queen "is not, nor ever meaneth to be, so wedded to her own will and fantasy that for the satisfaction thereof she will do anything... to bring any bondage or servitude to her people, or give any just occasion to them of any inward grudge whereby any tumults or stirs might arise as hath done of late days". [235] Elizabeth: Woman, Monarch, Mission in Elizabeth: The Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum (2003). Main article: Elizabethan Religious Settlement The Pelican Portrait by Nicholas Hilliard. The pelican was thought to nourish its young with its own blood and served to depict Elizabeth as the "mother of the Church of England". [52]