Elizabeth I Died the Virgin Queen — But Her Secret Ring Revealed a Shocking Secret

Elizabeth I Died the Virgin Queen — But Her Secret Ring Revealed a Shocking Secret In March 1603, Elizabeth I lay dying and refused to go to bed. Her coronation ring had to be cut from her flesh, and a hidden ring may have carried the face of the mother her father beheaded. This is the dark story behind England's Virgin Queen: a two-year-old declared a bastard days after Anne Boleyn's execution, a teenage girl preyed on in Thomas Seymour's household and interrogated for her own face, the mysterious death of Amy Robsart, the smallpox that nearly killed her, the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, the Armada, the fall of Essex, and the secret inside the Chequers Ring. 00:00 The queen who would not lie down 00:44 Anne Boleyn's daughter 01:58 "Neither gown nor kirtle" 03:02 "I shall never marry" 04:14 Thomas Seymour 06:13 "I see it in her face" 07:27 Prisoner in the Tower 09:17 The Virgin Queen 10:00 Death on the stairs: Amy Robsart 11:50 Smallpox and the mask 13:04 Was she really a virgin? 14:32 Mary, Queen of Scots 15:20 The dark side of the Golden Age 16:42 The death warrant 17:52 The Armada and Tilbury 19:11 The painted face 20:21 Essex 21:30 Her achievement or her advisers'? 22:06 The final days 23:21 The secret ring Sources include The National Archives, Historic Royal Palaces, Royal Museums Greenwich, English Heritage, the History of Parliament and contemporary accounts. #ElizabethI #TudorHistory #DarkCrown