While it is true that Queen Elizabeth I was not entirely a good person, she was a great queen. In those times, women were 'weak and feeble' and she excepted that, but she showed men and her people that she was no 'woman', that she was a 'king'. Centuries later, she would be an inspiration to women and even to men. She showed the world that women are not 'weak and feeble', but strong-willed and capable of anything a man is. It's sad to see so many women these days just get drunk ...
@wllamadefuego You are a sexist moron, You are a vile creature, And you are the epitome of society, You are what is wrong with America. You should be decapitated in time square of New York city, And your corpse should be burned whilst being danced upon with men wearing cleats.
@2202storm She is a great Monarch, Yet she was not a feminist. Such feminism is mind bogglingly idiotic, Disgusting, And vile. She would have executed any one of those vile beasts if they had entered her realm.
@aeronuk1 She lived approximately five hundred years ago. Do not post such rhetorical idiocies, And fallacies as that. Also, Speak English. An ellipsis is not used for your pause, Anyone of which uses an ellipsis as a pause should be burned whilst being danced upon with men wearing cleats.
@darrelofsheff No, if its interesting or not is up to each and every ones own taste. But in richness, ancient mespotamia and the middle-east as a whole has a longer and richer history.
And there are actually some people who want to be done with the Monarchy? If I was on that field in 1588 I would have been so moved and gave my life for Queen and country.
The Basques did make it to what is now britain n banged everythin in motion lol except the gay english "men" n if u dont believe me check out the video "british dna" xD
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That British whore Queen Elizabteh II gives so much to charity just to appear nice.
Secretly she is a staunch Nazi and hopes to kill all us Blacks.
Also, why does she meet so many dignitaries every single week to promote British, Canadian, Australian and Kiwi businesses? There is no British business now. haha.
Your knowledge of European history is bleak. Queen Anne Boleyn, the mother of Queen Elizabeth I was English through and through.
Her father Henry VII had Welsh origins but denounced them during his reign with his clash with the Roman Catholic Church after his divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
You forget that the Welsh were frequently under the sovereignty of the English parliament, which by law made Henry English in descent.
You can't be a Royalist, when you are surrounded by the victims of the empire, constantly sneering and doing dissfavours.
You just feel that, if they gave a shit, they would seperate us, from those who want to blame us for the sins of our masters.
I get constant dirty looks, from the ever increasing number of foreigners, in our area. And we moved here, to get away form them, where we used to live.
No dissrespect, but I feel safer, around educated whites, then uneducated quatamalans !
They are trapped, like dogs, in cities, where only money can get you through each day.
Then they are deprived of money.
Crime ensues, and hatred for those in control is inevitable. Yes, they are a scourge, but if you crowd enough different types of people into a small space, and deprive them of the requirements of life, you are FORCING, not asking for, trouble.
We shold pay to rehouse them all, in a nice country, so they thank us, later on.
the English are many things but we are neither evil or ruthless we were the victoms
and try and remember if your not from one of the old countries you will have english blood in you and the acts of this great women gave rise to the Briitsh after unifercation of all British and remember the english are not german we have never commited genicide!
It is indeed; I just think it´s important to remember some historical deeds, after all it is our history...
So, today UK is essential for peace throughout the world, and the cultural heritage of the English speaking peoples are amongst the greatest! I care a great deal for the british, english, welsh, scottish and irish!
we brought an end to slavery and we modenised what you call thirdworld couintries and its only since they became inderpendent have they become third world its their own fault not ours and they should stop pointing the finger
and we only pirated the trade routes of those we enemies with and they did the same to us so if your going to point the finger point it at our rivals as well
and no we didn't build our empire off 'third world' countires they only became so poor after they left the empire they made poor choises thus their own fault
when theancient romans left their German colonies it happened the same, when Britain set free their colonies: The nature recaptured the open terrain. All streets and market places (plus railroads in the British case) had been overcrowded by the unaccessable bush.
It took some hundres year until Carolus Magnus, when in central Europe a nearly Roman standard has been reestablished.
One thing to say: *ahem* SHE ROCKS! I'm doing a play-thing for school, and I chose her so I've been researching my ass of lately, and I learned something, I find people can both so educated and yet so ignorant at the same time. As if a woman can't be a great ruler? :D
I was 23 when Lizi the first came to the throne and let me tell you, she was one hot lady. In the last 400 years there has not been a finer piece of ass sat on the throne, god damn she was a fox.....
Perdonenmé pero esta actriz es muy joven para interpretar a la real reina Isabel, hablaba italiano, algo de latín, pero no alemán!, con el embajador español hablaban en italiano!, deben de saberlo, y Isabel por aquel tiempo era una mujer ya vieja.
@LS8492 -she wasn't a ruler of Great Britain.She was Queen of England. The crowns of Scotland and England were unified under her successor, James VI of Scotland (Ist of England). The countries weren't politically united until 1707.
And the greatest monarch of the English was Alfred the Great- the clue is in the "Great"
@LS8492 She is a great Monarch, Yet she was not a feminist. Such feminism is mind bogglingly idiotic, Disgusting, And vile. She would have executed any one of those vile beasts if they had entered her realm.
Well, I have to say you are talking complete and utter rubbish. By the way, I serve the Monarch of my Land in Flesh not some bloke sitting a thousands miles away in Rome, Pretending to be God's highest Authority of Earth.
No once in the Bible is the Church of Rome noted down as being a Church, There are 7 Churches in the Bible that are wrote down, None of them Roman, Although many believe and to a Degree as a Protestant myself that the Thyatira Church is the Roman one.
You seem an Enlightened Person, By all means, Provide some Evidence and not mere words. The facts are quite clear, Bloody Mary held public Executions of People who held Different Religious views than here own, Her Grace Queen Elizabeth did not Execute People because of their Faith, I believe you are getting Mixed up here because she executed people who by trial by jury were found Guilty of Treason.
Yes, Elizabeth did persecute English Catholics. Catholic priests were executed simply for being priests during her reign. The Catholic mass was banned and therefore not to be permitted to be observed either in public or in private.
Those who continued to practice their faith in secret could be arrested and executed for "treason" if found out by the state. Elizabeth appears to have had little care in regards to what men personally believed but like many of her time period she was willing to persecute groups to achieve her own security. In that sense she was no different than Henry VIII and Mary I who also sought self protection.
If you knew your history you would know that the nickname "Bloody Mary" is disregarded by many Historians as unfair. Mary received that nickname from propagandists and Elizabethans who didn't share her views. If anyone deserved the nickname "bloody" it was Henry VIII.
A false sect?,the wrong religion?just because we decided that a man doesnt need a priest to know God?Fuck you.Try to change my faith by force and you will meet your maker sooner than you anticipate.
I don't see why we just don't let England rule the world once again. I wouldn't mind heading back to my great-great-great-great ancestor's old drunken haunts. HAHAHAHAHA Oh well, we live in America these days, and my accent is ruined forever. But, I love all my cousins over there.
the scroll at 2:28 ain't correcto. England DID not become the chief world power in the immediate aftermath of the defeat of the spanish armada. She would be a major player but it would take until the reign of Queen Anne in the 1700s for England to really be the big cheese in the world which would last right up until the end of World War 1 in 1918
a bit longer than WW1, we still controlled a quarter of the world in 1945 at which point the empire became the commonwealth and was slowly given independance
I love her! She was such a good Queen it seemed like. I bought two books about her and I'm already on chapter 4 on one of them. God she's sooooo interesting!
she used it as it symbolised virginity and purity as it had a pure white fur coat, in other portraits she uses Seives, pearls, eyes and ears sewn into the dress, swans and rainbows to put accross her connections to the Virgin Mary and classical goddess' such as Diana
A great Queen on the outside but her councillors carefully planned her public appearances and drafted her speeches, destproying paintings that showed her in a bad light and put people in gaol who criticised her regime whilst awarding those who praised her - she used the image of Gloriana to compensate her gender - women wee seen as inferior back then and seeing she was unmarried she had to appear to be 'above normal women' and emphasised her link to Henry VIII ' 'a king of england too'
I may be an american and a guy but she is truly a hero of mine and a role model she is literally in my thoughts everyday 500 years ago or not she is someone to definitly look up to
"I know i have the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too." - amazing. Proud Protestant from Belfast. Rule Britannia, God save the Queen.
I am not prejudiced or intolerant of any opinions, lifestyles, or identities differing from mine. I am proud of my heritage my religion and where I am from. There is nothing wrong with that.
Omg in Essex!? I was born in Essex! I'm proud to be Protestant, and it's interesting to see how it all started, and who secured the roots of Protestants. And above all, makes me proud to be English. God Save The Queen!
always deceitfully political, them english as the Amish and Menoites would say. However, I do think that a Spanish victory may have been more detrimental for the world. The Spanish were just as brutal as all western Europeans powers were. lust for gold and restless minds filled with conscienceless corruption - it continues.
Checking Wikipedia? That is probably what you did, considering you were the first to bring it up. There are those who own books on history, but you're just full of assumptions aren't you?
I'm American, but I know my European history, and more specifically, my English history quite well. No, I'm not ignorant or prejudiced or blind to Bush's false promises and lies. This was one of the greatest queens of all time who defied the oppressive Catholic church and wanted to stand up for her country, the reformed religion and herself as a queen in her own right. No woman has matched up to her yet in virtue and bravery after her yet.
a nice thought but england was very poor after this war, which ended after Elizabeth's death. i'm a history student and know that, though i like to think of her as gloriana her image was completely made up by her and her councillors to improve loyalty, and morale for what most percieved her to be, a weak female, she had to act as though she were a king and so could not marry to subscribe herself to a superior
Off all monarchs QE1 showed how false the Catholic church is. And was the monarch who shamed them the most. The Catholics introduced the dark ages. Elizabeth defeated them with light honoured by God.
You people are all crazy. This happened 500 years ago! Sure England had pirates that preyed on the Spanish treasure fleets, ships that were filled with the gold the Spanish stole from the Indians they murdered. Back in Spain the Spanish were murdering Jews, burning them at the stake. The Spanish used to be the Nazis of Europe, but it is all ancient history now. You guys must be Europeans since you are still fighting 500 year old battles that mean NOTHING.
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england was poor and miserable and the bitch of queen elizabeth was a protestant and pirates who didnt want God...the Cross Spain wanted to invade england for their own good...thats was england a piratical and protestant country...
Weikang, in reference to the final lines in the video, England was actually quite impoverashed by the attempt Elizabeth made to build ships and create a standing army, England's victory achieved very little, apart from a morale boost Spain attempted to invade several more times but failed. England did not really become a great power until the late 1700's
I mean, it is far better to be written into the history books as the Queen who said "Let all our enemies live in fear" than the King who said "We must dwell in fear of a feral cave dweller". He's just some kind of a bad joke and America is too dumb to get the joke.
It is far better to be living free in an impoverished country than to be living as a corporate slave in a guilded cage. Impoverished financially, we may have been, but we still gave the world fine things like Shakespeare, and Magna Carta, while the pinnacle of the world's richest nation's achievement seems to be on the level of "The Flintstones". In fact, their obsession with feral cave dwellers has become legendary.
im not sure that the lower orders in that time would consider themselves 'free', particulaly the more devout catholics, and i wouldn't call the Hagia sophia, the Great wall of China, the Escorial and the art of Florence at the level of the 'Flintstones'.
You don't understand how a monarchy works, you you? She was our Queen and we were her people, and she defends the faith, that is her prerogative. But were all one, working together, and we became the very best, because of this speech; because she trusted us, and we trusted her. Now we have a government that doesn't trust us, and we don't trust them, but they are all Scots; they will never be English; they couldn't even begin to be English.
i am a historian, i know the monarchy very well. I think too many people overplay Elizabeth as 'Gloriana' but her image was a facade to gain support. The divions between Catholics and protestants was a very real one, but it was more the fear of Spain rather then unity in England that drove them to support her
Oh, if only she was here right now, to throw out all the traitor Catholics who take us on American crusades, and who deliver British Subjects, like Gary McKinnon, over to the American Inquisition. I know if she was alive, she would have had the courage to take us to war against Amerikkka, and I would serve her gladly.
Without taking sides in all of this would it be true to say that English (or British) have committed heineous crimes against other nations over the centuries? Do you think that these days the media is the principal tool of brainwashing?
Oh let me see now, there were 50,000,000 people throughout Europe, who were killed by the Spanish Inquisition, but our Queen stood up and told them to go to hell. Furthermore she stole their gold and it was used to fund the industrial revolution, freeing people the world over.
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your wrong about the inquisition, from 1556-1598 (philip's reign), less then 300 were exeucuted. The Inquiisition was made up of 44 members, hardly the numbers to constitute mass oppression, and, Elizabeth did execute heretics as well, as did all monarchies in Europe
do you know of all the English attacks on Spain: A coruña cadiz Menorca Tenerife?
Spain wanted to preserve the Catholic unity of Europe becuase Spain was fighting moors for 10 cent (see: Covadonga, Navas de Tolosa, Granada 1492, Lepanto, etc) and knew that was the biggest threat.
And me. Why fight for god when you can become the nation of gods that really did inherit the earth for a couple of hundred years? Hey, Bush might blow us all to kingdom come but we can die happily, knowing that we are the elite, and the Yanks are just a poor imitation.
well you had Spaniards dying for centuries fighting moors and Turks in the Middle East, in the Adriatic Sea or in Viena (1529) ... for European Christianity.
Not "bad" your just a selfish people with a selfish history.
uh. people are selfish by nature, dumbass. philip of spain wanted to invade england because he didn't like the fact that queen elizabeth let the people of england have their own belifs. he was just sticking his nose where it didn't belong.
Never mind the fact that English "privateers" (pirates) had been raiding Spanish treasure ships for years, all under the approval of "Her Gracious Majesty"...
And the Spanish stole it from conqured Indians, who conqured it from other Indians, etc. So what is your point? The Spanish were using that wealth to kill protestants in Europe. The reformation, like it or not, allowed the scientific revolution to take place.
the spanish also stole the Portuguese naval power to attack england,when portugal was under a spanish king,fortunately spanish were kicked out of the country.
and when were the Spanish ever our allies?as far as they were concerned we Protestant English were heretics only deserving of the fire,they tried to invade us and when that failed tried to murder our lawful Queen.
I listened to this for my AP English Language and Composition Class, and it was a great help in understanding the meaning behind the "Speech to the Troops at Tilbury." The person who reads this has a wonderful voice, and the video was nicely put-together.
have to do this 4 homewooooorrrrkkkkk........ughhhhh! ;(
MSHU1996 2 days ago
While it is true that Queen Elizabeth I was not entirely a good person, she was a great queen. In those times, women were 'weak and feeble' and she excepted that, but she showed men and her people that she was no 'woman', that she was a 'king'. Centuries later, she would be an inspiration to women and even to men. She showed the world that women are not 'weak and feeble', but strong-willed and capable of anything a man is. It's sad to see so many women these days just get drunk ...
PandaPawSmile 8 months ago
she is a example for us woman around the world. just love her
wllamadefuego 9 months ago
@wllamadefuego You are a sexist moron, You are a vile creature, And you are the epitome of society, You are what is wrong with America. You should be decapitated in time square of New York city, And your corpse should be burned whilst being danced upon with men wearing cleats.
TheEnglishAtheist1 9 months ago
there will never be anyone like her! She's my hero!
boleynanne 9 months ago
She was feminist woman,like many woman in Evropa history.
2202storm 1 year ago
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@2202storm She is a great Monarch, Yet she was not a feminist. Such feminism is mind bogglingly idiotic, Disgusting, And vile. She would have executed any one of those vile beasts if they had entered her realm.
TheEnglishAtheist1 9 months ago
My admiration for this lady is big..What a wonderful woman she was!
312827JCK 1 year ago
is this her real voice? or is this someone reading her speech?
littleduckysitting 1 year ago
@littleduckysitting thats a joke rit
Asapoo 1 year ago
@littleduckysitting How could it have been her real voice? she lived 400 years ago..
aeronuk1 10 months ago
@aeronuk1 She lived approximately five hundred years ago. Do not post such rhetorical idiocies, And fallacies as that. Also, Speak English. An ellipsis is not used for your pause, Anyone of which uses an ellipsis as a pause should be burned whilst being danced upon with men wearing cleats.
TheEnglishAtheist1 9 months ago
The English had a great leader in Elizabeth I.
captcapella 1 year ago
British hostory is the most rich and interesting history in the world.
darrelofsheff 1 year ago
@darrelofsheff No, if its interesting or not is up to each and every ones own taste. But in richness, ancient mespotamia and the middle-east as a whole has a longer and richer history.
Freedoom1337 1 year ago
@darrelofsheff
*English
nuclearblastowns 1 year ago
And there are actually some people who want to be done with the Monarchy? If I was on that field in 1588 I would have been so moved and gave my life for Queen and country.
heathey2 1 year ago 2
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Daughter of a monster and a bitch, apropiate for england.
Virgin? That would be if we not consider all the mop handles she introduced deeply in her rotten vagina.
mep1488 1 year ago
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Daughter of a monster and a bitch, apropiate for england.
Virgin? That would be if we not consider all the mop handles she introduced deeply in her rotten vagina.
mep1488 1 year ago
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god save the queen of england
paullees557104 1 year ago
What accent do you have? I can't place it at all.
bookworm266 1 year ago
Even though that she is a feminist but shes the only feminist which I respect.
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The Basques did make it to what is now britain n banged everythin in motion lol except the gay english "men" n if u dont believe me check out the video "british dna" xD
JorgeLorenzoSpain 1 year ago
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That British whore Queen Elizabteh II gives so much to charity just to appear nice.
Secretly she is a staunch Nazi and hopes to kill all us Blacks.
Also, why does she meet so many dignitaries every single week to promote British, Canadian, Australian and Kiwi businesses? There is no British business now. haha.
bigscolari 1 year ago
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paullees557104 1 year ago
@bigscolari where is your proof Elizabeth is a Nazi? Such a claim should be substantiated.
Katsem 1 year ago
@bigscolari Your dumb and paranoid
1stLordtheAdmiralty 1 year ago
@bigscolari
Try reading books instead of burning them, fascisto
PeasantScab 1 year ago
The Tudors were an interesting family - ironic that her mom was killed by Henry VIII. Great lady, she brought the Spanish Empire to its knees.
BullRun1861 1 year ago
You are so right, her greatest achievement was giving King James the VI the throne which united the UK & gave us all peace until his death.
mackdv1st 1 year ago
aeonbrit,
Your knowledge of European history is bleak. Queen Anne Boleyn, the mother of Queen Elizabeth I was English through and through.
Her father Henry VII had Welsh origins but denounced them during his reign with his clash with the Roman Catholic Church after his divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
You forget that the Welsh were frequently under the sovereignty of the English parliament, which by law made Henry English in descent.
Elizabeth, being English in its purest.
usaboy17 2 years ago
Elizabeth was 99.9 percent English, she was one of few monarch's that was completely English in blood.
usaboy17 2 years ago 4
@usaboy17 you know the Tuders were a welsh family don't you?
and your quite wrong back then royals always use to breed with otehr princes and princess from other countries
aeonbrit 2 years ago
what was that song in the backgrounds name i can use it in my presentation of the speech ...!!!!!!
caro16twilight 2 years ago
QUEEEEEN IS MY AAAAAAAAASSSSS
narimanonarini 2 years ago
She was the KING !
rolfblank 2 years ago 3
i need a report on elizabeth the 1st
vickylynne122 2 years ago
You can't be a Royalist, when you are surrounded by the victims of the empire, constantly sneering and doing dissfavours.
You just feel that, if they gave a shit, they would seperate us, from those who want to blame us for the sins of our masters.
I get constant dirty looks, from the ever increasing number of foreigners, in our area. And we moved here, to get away form them, where we used to live.
No dissrespect, but I feel safer, around educated whites, then uneducated quatamalans !
AnnoyingTypoSyndrome 2 years ago
The worst thing these islands ever did was let in the devil golliwogs.
Look what the spades are doing to these lush, green and pleasant lands!!
TheCervixpounder 2 years ago 3
They are trapped, like dogs, in cities, where only money can get you through each day.
Then they are deprived of money.
Crime ensues, and hatred for those in control is inevitable. Yes, they are a scourge, but if you crowd enough different types of people into a small space, and deprive them of the requirements of life, you are FORCING, not asking for, trouble.
We shold pay to rehouse them all, in a nice country, so they thank us, later on.
Most of them would bite your hand off !!
AnnoyingTypoSyndrome 2 years ago
A most magnificent time....and spade free too!
ENGLAND INVICTA!!
TheCervixpounder 2 years ago 2
hi mr saulpaugh !!!
charlesgrass 2 years ago
very nice !!!
SuperApple77 2 years ago
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And after the aramda was defeated the fucking bitch let them starve when they came back to port
the english are far more ruthless than anyone, even the germans!
oldtyrone 2 years ago
the English are many things but we are neither evil or ruthless we were the victoms
and try and remember if your not from one of the old countries you will have english blood in you and the acts of this great women gave rise to the Briitsh after unifercation of all British and remember the english are not german we have never commited genicide!
aeonbrit 2 years ago
True, true, but you were pirates and were also slave traders, and later, an Empire built upon blood of the Third World
alonelychild 2 years ago 3
Isn't arguing about this rather pointless? I seriously doubt he/she presently is a slave trader or a pirate. :P
VentusVir 2 years ago
It is indeed; I just think it´s important to remember some historical deeds, after all it is our history...
So, today UK is essential for peace throughout the world, and the cultural heritage of the English speaking peoples are amongst the greatest! I care a great deal for the british, english, welsh, scottish and irish!
And am a private admirer of Queen Elizabeth II
alonelychild 2 years ago
not at all that was the spanish
we brought an end to slavery and we modenised what you call thirdworld couintries and its only since they became inderpendent have they become third world its their own fault not ours and they should stop pointing the finger
aeonbrit 2 years ago
and we only pirated the trade routes of those we enemies with and they did the same to us so if your going to point the finger point it at our rivals as well
and no we didn't build our empire off 'third world' countires they only became so poor after they left the empire they made poor choises thus their own fault
aeonbrit 2 years ago
when theancient romans left their German colonies it happened the same, when Britain set free their colonies: The nature recaptured the open terrain. All streets and market places (plus railroads in the British case) had been overcrowded by the unaccessable bush.
It took some hundres year until Carolus Magnus, when in central Europe a nearly Roman standard has been reestablished.
rolfblank 2 years ago
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If only we could have a truly patriotic and English Queen now instead of that cold Germanic traitor we have now.
antonjon1 2 years ago
Yep, the Spanish armada started the decline of the Spanish empire and was the rise of the British empire.
Victory1981 2 years ago 11
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wrong they were just getting started because England nothing but pirates to defend them
tizona101 2 years ago
what I meant to say it was start of the rise of the British empire
Victory1981 2 years ago
dosn't really work when one of greatest queens every has an american acsent
alexreid88 2 years ago 2
It's British not American, and it's accent not ascent.
bg11215 2 years ago 5
One thing to say: *ahem* SHE ROCKS! I'm doing a play-thing for school, and I chose her so I've been researching my ass of lately, and I learned something, I find people can both so educated and yet so ignorant at the same time. As if a woman can't be a great ruler? :D
ishha14 2 years ago
I was 23 when Lizi the first came to the throne and let me tell you, she was one hot lady. In the last 400 years there has not been a finer piece of ass sat on the throne, god damn she was a fox.....
Apollosviper 2 years ago
I admire Queen Elizabeth I and of course our todays' Queen Elizabeth II who has ruled by influence and not power.
324wilson 3 years ago 3
People(Leaders) don't talk like that anymore...:(
felumanyc 3 years ago 4
:) Well done Queen Elizabeth I.
roro7777777 3 years ago 4
Perdonenmé pero esta actriz es muy joven para interpretar a la real reina Isabel, hablaba italiano, algo de latín, pero no alemán!, con el embajador español hablaban en italiano!, deben de saberlo, y Isabel por aquel tiempo era una mujer ya vieja.
cybermano33 3 years ago
Partybiscuit, totally agree. You cannot compare todays values with those from 16th century or even the 16th century with Ancient
Egypt.
quetzal3598 3 years ago
Makes me laugh when I see 16th century values being talked about in todays world. The two are very different. Still....she kicked ass
partybiscuit 3 years ago
She's my feminist-hero, greatest ruler of Great Britain EVER!!!!!! >D
LS8492 3 years ago 42
@LS8492 -she wasn't a ruler of Great Britain.She was Queen of England. The crowns of Scotland and England were unified under her successor, James VI of Scotland (Ist of England). The countries weren't politically united until 1707.
And the greatest monarch of the English was Alfred the Great- the clue is in the "Great"
adventussaxonum 1 year ago
@adventussaxonum I disagree that Alfred was our greatest monarch, he wasn't even king of the whole of England.
EnglishHuscarl 1 year ago
@EnglishHuscarl - true, but without Alfred there wouldn't have been an "England"
He's still the only English monarch to be given the epithet "Great"- and for good reason!
His children and Grandson "kicked ass" too!
adventussaxonum 1 year ago
@LS8492 ...♥
CambiaTuVidaYC 11 months ago
@LS8492 She is a great Monarch, Yet she was not a feminist. Such feminism is mind bogglingly idiotic, Disgusting, And vile. She would have executed any one of those vile beasts if they had entered her realm.
TheEnglishAtheist1 9 months ago
Well, I have to say you are talking complete and utter rubbish. By the way, I serve the Monarch of my Land in Flesh not some bloke sitting a thousands miles away in Rome, Pretending to be God's highest Authority of Earth.
No once in the Bible is the Church of Rome noted down as being a Church, There are 7 Churches in the Bible that are wrote down, None of them Roman, Although many believe and to a Degree as a Protestant myself that the Thyatira Church is the Roman one.
Work it out..
Iagoapfychan 3 years ago
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Elizabeth I:
HERETIC
USURPER
TYRANT
Hosea22 3 years ago
I think you mean Bloody Mary!
Thanks to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth both Catholic and Protestant was treated with equal respect.
Iagoapfychan 3 years ago 4
"Bloody" may be propaganda...
Elizabeth I certainly was no friend to English Catholics...
Hosea22 3 years ago
You seem an Enlightened Person, By all means, Provide some Evidence and not mere words. The facts are quite clear, Bloody Mary held public Executions of People who held Different Religious views than here own, Her Grace Queen Elizabeth did not Execute People because of their Faith, I believe you are getting Mixed up here because she executed people who by trial by jury were found Guilty of Treason.
Iagoapfychan 3 years ago
Yes, Elizabeth did persecute English Catholics. Catholic priests were executed simply for being priests during her reign. The Catholic mass was banned and therefore not to be permitted to be observed either in public or in private.
Hosea22 3 years ago
Those who continued to practice their faith in secret could be arrested and executed for "treason" if found out by the state. Elizabeth appears to have had little care in regards to what men personally believed but like many of her time period she was willing to persecute groups to achieve her own security. In that sense she was no different than Henry VIII and Mary I who also sought self protection.
Hosea22 3 years ago
If you knew your history you would know that the nickname "Bloody Mary" is disregarded by many Historians as unfair. Mary received that nickname from propagandists and Elizabethans who didn't share her views. If anyone deserved the nickname "bloody" it was Henry VIII.
Hosea22 3 years ago 2
See: English Armada in Coruña, 1589.
xgocadiz 3 years ago
God, I love being English,we are truly Gods chosen people.
ajb7876 3 years ago 4
if it weren't for the social reforms at the most importune time then you might have been.
marek4400 3 years ago
you're simply in the wrong religion a false sect that's too bad but not unchangeable
dittytm 3 years ago
A false sect?,the wrong religion?just because we decided that a man doesnt need a priest to know God?Fuck you.Try to change my faith by force and you will meet your maker sooner than you anticipate.
ajb7876 3 years ago
she was a wonderful heartful ruler
adena539 3 years ago
I LOVE this name !!!!!!!!!!
marek4400 3 years ago
I don't see why we just don't let England rule the world once again. I wouldn't mind heading back to my great-great-great-great ancestor's old drunken haunts. HAHAHAHAHA Oh well, we live in America these days, and my accent is ruined forever. But, I love all my cousins over there.
blicksflicks 3 years ago 2
She kicked ass. She was a true heroine. She was amazing. Imagine if she was here today. Body of a woman, heart of a king. I love that! Girl Power.
louise4eva22 3 years ago 3
agree
enticing.
marek4400 3 years ago
ooo i likeed it!
is that a mouse? lol
helloadios12 3 years ago
Yeah, she was the bomb! There has never been a better Queen in the history of all the earth.
blicksflicks 3 years ago
It makes me proud to be English. God blew his winds and they were scattered, I bet he would let them take us now.
22poopoo 3 years ago
the scroll at 2:28 ain't correcto. England DID not become the chief world power in the immediate aftermath of the defeat of the spanish armada. She would be a major player but it would take until the reign of Queen Anne in the 1700s for England to really be the big cheese in the world which would last right up until the end of World War 1 in 1918
duskysoda 3 years ago 2
yes, infact Philip sent 3 more armadas to try and get rid of us lol!
meroyn 3 years ago
a bit longer than WW1, we still controlled a quarter of the world in 1945 at which point the empire became the commonwealth and was slowly given independance
meroyn 3 years ago
Fascinating personality........it's a great speech for the situation......inspiring courage and heaping foul scorn upon the enemy..........
rjddurhamnc 3 years ago
I love her! She was such a good Queen it seemed like. I bought two books about her and I'm already on chapter 4 on one of them. God she's sooooo interesting!
BlondieChickBlondie 3 years ago
is that a pet ferret with her in the painting???
ChinChillaQueen 3 years ago
It's and ermine.
KingAndrewI 3 years ago
ah thank you soo much, I was really hoping someone would rply
ChinChillaQueen 3 years ago
she used it as it symbolised virginity and purity as it had a pure white fur coat, in other portraits she uses Seives, pearls, eyes and ears sewn into the dress, swans and rainbows to put accross her connections to the Virgin Mary and classical goddess' such as Diana
meroyn 3 years ago
a great queen.
ownlearning 3 years ago 2
A great Queen on the outside but her councillors carefully planned her public appearances and drafted her speeches, destproying paintings that showed her in a bad light and put people in gaol who criticised her regime whilst awarding those who praised her - she used the image of Gloriana to compensate her gender - women wee seen as inferior back then and seeing she was unmarried she had to appear to be 'above normal women' and emphasised her link to Henry VIII ' 'a king of england too'
meroyn 3 years ago
Of course. But she was a marvellous actor.
Kynos1 3 years ago
Yes, I love Queen Elizabeth I..she is truly a hero and example that women have balls to rule the world.
ninfazenteno1 4 years ago 2
not just balls but brains! :)
leinaalaomeliac 3 years ago
I may be an american and a guy but she is truly a hero of mine and a role model she is literally in my thoughts everyday 500 years ago or not she is someone to definitly look up to
fp3shb 4 years ago 11
Proud also to be a Protestant
windsorbays 4 years ago 4
"I know i have the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too." - amazing. Proud Protestant from Belfast. Rule Britannia, God save the Queen.
tone999 4 years ago 4
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Maybe you shouldn't have mentioned the fact that you are from Belfast. Your "Proud Protestant" declaration sounds like a bigot's words ...
southernsparthan 4 years ago
I am not prejudiced or intolerant of any opinions, lifestyles, or identities differing from mine. I am proud of my heritage my religion and where I am from. There is nothing wrong with that.
tone999 4 years ago 3
I'm glad to know that
southernsparthan 4 years ago
Omg in Essex!? I was born in Essex! I'm proud to be Protestant, and it's interesting to see how it all started, and who secured the roots of Protestants. And above all, makes me proud to be English. God Save The Queen!
CDNBrit12 4 years ago 2
This Queen had balls!
Uberdude25 4 years ago 2
Diana princess of Wales and her tragic end that will no doubt be tunred into plays of the future?
meroyn 4 years ago
And so have I. In short, assuming gets you no where. Thanks. :)
InnateNobility 4 years ago
always deceitfully political, them english as the Amish and Menoites would say. However, I do think that a Spanish victory may have been more detrimental for the world. The Spanish were just as brutal as all western Europeans powers were. lust for gold and restless minds filled with conscienceless corruption - it continues.
OsamBenLaden 4 years ago
Checking Wikipedia? That is probably what you did, considering you were the first to bring it up. There are those who own books on history, but you're just full of assumptions aren't you?
InnateNobility 4 years ago
I'm American, but I know my European history, and more specifically, my English history quite well. No, I'm not ignorant or prejudiced or blind to Bush's false promises and lies. This was one of the greatest queens of all time who defied the oppressive Catholic church and wanted to stand up for her country, the reformed religion and herself as a queen in her own right. No woman has matched up to her yet in virtue and bravery after her yet.
InnateNobility 4 years ago
every one was trying to assasinate her and yet she made england the most powefull country in the world she brought england into its golden age
poshpott 4 years ago 2
a nice thought but england was very poor after this war, which ended after Elizabeth's death. i'm a history student and know that, though i like to think of her as gloriana her image was completely made up by her and her councillors to improve loyalty, and morale for what most percieved her to be, a weak female, she had to act as though she were a king and so could not marry to subscribe herself to a superior
meroyn 4 years ago
Off all monarchs QE1 showed how false the Catholic church is. And was the monarch who shamed them the most. The Catholics introduced the dark ages. Elizabeth defeated them with light honoured by God.
wikiriwhi 4 years ago
One of the greatest queens in world history! Her and Cleopatra
AndromedaMariaCarmen 4 years ago 5
Wow, we know what she sounds like now!
benteague1 4 years ago
Funny how the videos posted by the real queen,who certainly is not my majesty,have comments disabled....I wonder why??
luevanoalx 4 years ago
Great Queen
windsorbays 4 years ago 4
a Queen who did her duty for her people and ended the tyranny of the spanish tho it is a shame she was the last queen of the English *saluts her*
aeonbrit 4 years ago 4
Spain sucks penis. There, I said it.
Icix1 4 years ago
You people are all crazy. This happened 500 years ago! Sure England had pirates that preyed on the Spanish treasure fleets, ships that were filled with the gold the Spanish stole from the Indians they murdered. Back in Spain the Spanish were murdering Jews, burning them at the stake. The Spanish used to be the Nazis of Europe, but it is all ancient history now. You guys must be Europeans since you are still fighting 500 year old battles that mean NOTHING.
jenhas20 4 years ago 3
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spain fuck your ass in a coruña elizabeth.
elfonegrooo 4 years ago
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england was poor and miserable and the bitch of queen elizabeth was a protestant and pirates who didnt want God...the Cross Spain wanted to invade england for their own good...thats was england a piratical and protestant country...
El7IncA 4 years ago
Weikang, in reference to the final lines in the video, England was actually quite impoverashed by the attempt Elizabeth made to build ships and create a standing army, England's victory achieved very little, apart from a morale boost Spain attempted to invade several more times but failed. England did not really become a great power until the late 1700's
meroyn 4 years ago
thanks for the info. another good reason not to trust wikipedia!
weikang 4 years ago
I mean, it is far better to be written into the history books as the Queen who said "Let all our enemies live in fear" than the King who said "We must dwell in fear of a feral cave dweller". He's just some kind of a bad joke and America is too dumb to get the joke.
LordCerneAbbas 4 years ago
It is far better to be living free in an impoverished country than to be living as a corporate slave in a guilded cage. Impoverished financially, we may have been, but we still gave the world fine things like Shakespeare, and Magna Carta, while the pinnacle of the world's richest nation's achievement seems to be on the level of "The Flintstones". In fact, their obsession with feral cave dwellers has become legendary.
LordCerneAbbas 4 years ago 2
im not sure that the lower orders in that time would consider themselves 'free', particulaly the more devout catholics, and i wouldn't call the Hagia sophia, the Great wall of China, the Escorial and the art of Florence at the level of the 'Flintstones'.
meroyn 4 years ago
You don't understand how a monarchy works, you you? She was our Queen and we were her people, and she defends the faith, that is her prerogative. But were all one, working together, and we became the very best, because of this speech; because she trusted us, and we trusted her. Now we have a government that doesn't trust us, and we don't trust them, but they are all Scots; they will never be English; they couldn't even begin to be English.
LordCerneAbbas 4 years ago 4
i am a historian, i know the monarchy very well. I think too many people overplay Elizabeth as 'Gloriana' but her image was a facade to gain support. The divions between Catholics and protestants was a very real one, but it was more the fear of Spain rather then unity in England that drove them to support her
meroyn 4 years ago
Oh, if only she was here right now, to throw out all the traitor Catholics who take us on American crusades, and who deliver British Subjects, like Gary McKinnon, over to the American Inquisition. I know if she was alive, she would have had the courage to take us to war against Amerikkka, and I would serve her gladly.
LordCerneAbbas 4 years ago
Without taking sides in all of this would it be true to say that English (or British) have committed heineous crimes against other nations over the centuries? Do you think that these days the media is the principal tool of brainwashing?
johnohanlon43 4 years ago 2
Oh let me see now, there were 50,000,000 people throughout Europe, who were killed by the Spanish Inquisition, but our Queen stood up and told them to go to hell. Furthermore she stole their gold and it was used to fund the industrial revolution, freeing people the world over.
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johnohanlon43 4 years ago
your wrong about the inquisition, from 1556-1598 (philip's reign), less then 300 were exeucuted. The Inquiisition was made up of 44 members, hardly the numbers to constitute mass oppression, and, Elizabeth did execute heretics as well, as did all monarchies in Europe
meroyn 4 years ago
I"m with you on that brother,English forever.
ajb7876 3 years ago
normans!
marek4400 3 years ago
do you know of all the English attacks on Spain: A coruña cadiz Menorca Tenerife?
Spain wanted to preserve the Catholic unity of Europe becuase Spain was fighting moors for 10 cent (see: Covadonga, Navas de Tolosa, Granada 1492, Lepanto, etc) and knew that was the biggest threat.
England only fought for England and her Majesty.
xgocadiz 4 years ago 2
'England only fought for England and her Majesty.'
Sounds good to me.
madbob73 4 years ago
And me. Why fight for god when you can become the nation of gods that really did inherit the earth for a couple of hundred years? Hey, Bush might blow us all to kingdom come but we can die happily, knowing that we are the elite, and the Yanks are just a poor imitation.
LordCerneAbbas 4 years ago
The English fought only for England and the Queen.and this is bad because...?
ajb7876 3 years ago 2
well you had Spaniards dying for centuries fighting moors and Turks in the Middle East, in the Adriatic Sea or in Viena (1529) ... for European Christianity.
Not "bad" your just a selfish people with a selfish history.
xgocadiz 3 years ago
uh. people are selfish by nature, dumbass. philip of spain wanted to invade england because he didn't like the fact that queen elizabeth let the people of england have their own belifs. he was just sticking his nose where it didn't belong.
ARadSzz 3 years ago 2
Never mind the fact that English "privateers" (pirates) had been raiding Spanish treasure ships for years, all under the approval of "Her Gracious Majesty"...
Hosea22 3 years ago
And the Spanish stole it from conqured Indians, who conqured it from other Indians, etc. So what is your point? The Spanish were using that wealth to kill protestants in Europe. The reformation, like it or not, allowed the scientific revolution to take place.
kepler1000 3 years ago
the spanish also stole the Portuguese naval power to attack england,when portugal was under a spanish king,fortunately spanish were kicked out of the country.
Lusitanus 3 years ago
*you´re
xgocadiz 3 years ago
and when were the Spanish ever our allies?as far as they were concerned we Protestant English were heretics only deserving of the fire,they tried to invade us and when that failed tried to murder our lawful Queen.
ajb7876 3 years ago
because spain was planning a huge bitch slap ... :)
HeatProtection 3 years ago
wats the music?
zerocool531 4 years ago
Great speech... excellent!
Dutchlandguy 4 years ago
"I know that I have the body of a weak and feeble woman but I have the heart of a king - and a king of England too."
johno2499 4 years ago 3
very good vioce acting!
REREWHO 4 years ago
thanks!!!!!!!
soniafox 4 years ago
I listened to this for my AP English Language and Composition Class, and it was a great help in understanding the meaning behind the "Speech to the Troops at Tilbury." The person who reads this has a wonderful voice, and the video was nicely put-together.
decibellitre 4 years ago