As a youthful woman, Elizabeth Tudor seemed to be the hapless daughter of an ill-fated mother, Queen Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII. With her half sister and brother, Elizabeth was moved from place to place and subjected to fluctuating harsh and pleasant treatment by her unpredictable father. Ironically, Elizabeth, who outlived Henry's other children, was considered by him an inadequate promise of a stable succession and reign and was, because of her …
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…earth, and in a kingdom, which had ceased to be a borough and was now observed as a heart of the world's motion. There has not been any one else in history, male or female, who can be comparable to Queen Elizabeth I. If the United States had a President half as meritorious as Elizabeth, then our government would not now be in such turmoil. She was the great lioness; a tough act to follow.