Hello and welcome to the Tudors Dynasty podcast. I'm your host, Rebecca Larson. I'm the owner of

tutorsdynasty.com. And today I'm going to talk about Queen Elizabeth. I know, I know. I still

have one part left in my life in Tudor England series,

but I really needed to take a break from the topic for a week or so so that I can come back,

refreshed, and ready for the big finale. So this will be what we call in the podcast world,

a supplemental episode. For those of you who are regulars to the show, welcome back.

If you're new to the show, welcome.

For those who are new here, I do take a minute at the beginning of every show to thank

the people who have been generous enough to donate and become patrons to keep the show going.

I have four new patrons since the last episode that I need to thank.

Johanna, Doris C., Anastasia L, and Courtney D.

Thank you so much, you guys, and welcome to this awesome gang.

I'd also like to thank Anna, Bob, Peggy, Diana, D.C.,

Christopher, Rachel H., Rachel D., Michelle, Lacey, Diane, Kathy, Christine, Katie, Joy, James, Anne, Azaria, Lisa, Nora, Sarah, Wendy, Mary, Cynthia, Melissa, S, Nicole, Mary, Cheryl, Carrie, Heather from the English Renaissance History Podcast, Tanya, Donna,

Catherine, Jen, Lara, Megan, Melissa C, and Pat B.

Before we start this episode, I do need to take a minute to talk about the show. So if you're

new to this podcast and you found me on iTunes, you are missing out on a bunch of episodes that

came before I integrated with iTunes. If you're interested in hearing all of them, you can go to

Patreon. That's p-a-t-t-R-E-O-N.com slash Tudors Dynasty and click on posts. I also have a link to them

on Tudorsdynasty.com in the menu.

If you phone me in iTunes, I'd also love to see some more five-star ratings and comments

there. The more reviews, the higher I will be in the recommendation list for other

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