Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots

Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

Historic Royal Palaces

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4.6 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Elizabeth I’s relationship with Mary, Queen of Scots is perhaps the most pivotal of her entire life, and yet they never met.

In this second episode in our series, Joint Chief Curator Tracy Borman is joined by Dr Andrea Clarke, to discuss how as confidantes and rival queens, Elizabeth and Mary’s relationship would shape the image that Elizabeth would adopt for herself, that of Gloriana.

Read about Elizabeth’s brush with death at Hampton Court, the crisis that magnified the succession question.

This is the second Episode in our Elizabeth series where we explore the women who shaped a queen.

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0:00.0	Hello listeners and welcome back to the Historic Royal Palaces podcast.
0:08.0	I'm Tracy Borman and I have the privilege of being joint chief curator here at the Palaces.
0:15.0	While over the next three episodes I'm going to be leading you on a journey to explore the woman herself.
0:23.3	Elizabeth I, the iconic virgin queen and the final monarch of the Tudor dynasty.
0:30.9	But I hope that we will venture a step further than that.
0:35.7	Because throughout her life, Elizabeth was surrounded by many different
0:39.4	examples of female power, as it existed in the Tudor age. And I believe that it's in examining
0:46.5	these relationships that we can reveal the most about the real Elizabeth. These are the women
0:53.8	who shaped a queen, and this series will follow them
0:57.8	throughout Elizabeth's life, marking how they influenced her and what she learned from them.
1:05.4	We hope to question what myths have endured about Elizabeth, so that we can understand the
1:10.7	queen behind the façade,
1:13.5	the woman under the layers of history. For each episode, I'll be joined by an expert guest,
1:21.0	and we'll be venturing into the very places where this history unfolded at Hampton Court Palace.
1:27.2	So, join me as we discover the real Elizabeth
1:31.3	the first and the women who shaped a queen. Hello and welcome to episode two. I'm standing in one of the most atmospheric parts of Hampton Court.
1:47.1	It is very aptly named the Haunted Gallery. There have been more strange occurrences, sightings,
1:54.9	faintings, apparently, along this single stretch of the palace than anywhere else in Hampton Court. And the other reason why it's so
2:04.3	appropriate to today's episode is that my guest and I are standing exactly opposite
2:11.0	portraits of Henry the 8's three heirs, Edward V. Mary andth, Mary and Elizabeth I. Of course, it's Elizabeth
2:21.9	who we are most interested in today and we're going to be picking up where we left off at the
2:28.7	end of episode one with Elizabeth just coming to the throne. Well, I'm delighted today to be joined by
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