Passion, scandal, and power collided in the tumultuous relationship between Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley. Rumours of secret trysts between them set the court ablaze, but their love was doomed ...

A rare signed letter to Queen Elizabeth I from her lifelong friend and possible love interest, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, has been sold for £32,700 – four times more than the estimated ...

Elizabeth’s first priority on becoming Queen was to return England ... She had a close relationship with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and was not averse to using the promise of marriage ...