
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

as Elizabeth I

as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

as Sir Francis Walsingham

as Duke of Norfolk

as The Pope

as Sir William Cecil

as Mary of Guise

as Monsieur de Foix

as Duc d'Anjou

as Queen Mary Tudor

as Earl of Arundel

as Kat Ashley

as Alvaro de la Quadra

as Isabel Knollys

as Sir Thomas Elyot

as John Ballard

as Arundel's Son

as Earl of Sussex

as Lady in Waiting

as Lettice Howard

as Lady in Waiting

as Lady in Waiting

as Lady in Waiting

as Lady in Waiting

as First Bishop

as Second Bishop

as Arundel's Daughter

as Lady in Waiting

as Master of the Tower

as Norfolk's Man

as Young French Man

as Priest

as Bishop Carlisle

as Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer

as Earl of Derby

as Lord William Howard

as Lord Harewood

as Bishop (in Cellar)

as Third Bishop

as Handsome Man

as Female Martyr

as Master Ridley

as Palace Chamberlain

as Mary's Dwarf

as King Philip II of Spain

as Dance Tutor

as Dudley's Man

as Dudley's Man

as Vatican Cardinal

as Arundel's Housemaid

as Arundel's Wife

as Walsingham's Man

as Member of Duc d'Anjou's Group (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Royal Guard of Honour (uncredited)

as Henchman (uncredited)

as French Guard (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Courtier (uncredited)

as Royal Guard (uncredited)

as Norfolk's Man