Anyway, so YESTERDAY back in 1558 was the beginning of the Elizabethan Age. It started like this:
This dude (Henry the VIII)...
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...married all kinds of moms. And they had kids. One of them, Mary I:
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Became queen. She died. Then her half sister Elizabeth, who was from one of the other moms that ol' Henry was with, became queen. Get it?
Elizabeth I (more Elizabeths followed....not real original with the names back then were they??) ruled during the "golden age." She also was known as the "virgin queen" because she wouldn't marry a dad so she could keep her focus on ruling England and making it prosper.
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I started thinking, maybe this Queen Elizabeth numero One and I had more in common than I thought? I too am a pure girl (thanks to Dr. VET) and love collars....hmmm, what do you think??
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Go for it Anna!
ReplyDeleteHawk aka BrownDog