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Elizabeth I

Why didn't Queen Elizabeth l marry? The handwritten first draft of a speech she was to give to parliament, offers clues as to why.

"Basically what she says is you can rely on me to look after this question, but it's my own private business," says curator Patricia Basing.

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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project