The queen you know. The girl you don't.
The fascinating story of the early life of England's most iconic Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to obtain the crown.
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Premiere DateJun 13, 2022
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- Alicia von Rittberg as Elizabeth I of England
- Romola Garai as Mary Tudor
- Oliver Zetterström as Edward VI of England
- John Heffernan as Edward Seymour
- Jamie Parker as John Dudley
- Leo Bill as Henry Grey
- Ekow Quartey as Pedro de Negro
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S01E08 To Death We Must Stoop (Season Finale)
The king is sick and the court that made an enemy of Catholics now faces the possibility of being ruled by one as Mary rides to Whitehall. Mary and Elizabeth are briefly reunited in their love for their sick brother, but Edward is distraught that his legacy of a Protestant England dies with him if Mary succeeds to the throne. Elizabeth watches as the court breaks old loyalties and forms new alliances with every man desperately scrambling to survive what may be coming. That is until Elizabeth is approached with the proposition: if England is to see its first woman on the throne, why should it not be her?