Hugh Dancy as the Earl of Essex

[Iusedtobeacat93]

Hugh Dancy is Yummy but the real of Essex was a stupid b*tch !

[GeneVeeAnachronism]

where was the clip of the hanging drawing and quartering?

[401thecat]

@detchuck I know, what a horror. That poor innocent man!

[iluvwinterweather]

When they said that the Earl tortured the men until they confessed, my mind instantly went to Mark Smeaton, whose similiarly tainted confession brought down Elizabeth's mother, Anne.

[theladywater]

he`s very handsome

[1dagsvliegjes]

Does this clip contain graphic torture?

[iluvwinterweather]

@1dagsvliegjes Nope.

[pdaervo]

he's so pretty

I would want to pet him too :D

[xjustinyx]

Perfect actor for this role... not to mention he is nice to look at also!

[aBoleynGirl99]

hugh is yummy ... but wasn't the earl her cousin twice removed.

[littlemisssunnydale]

Robert Devereux's great grandmother was Mary Boleyn. Basically, Mary Boleyn had a daughter called Katherine Carey who married Francis Knollys. One of Katherine's daughters was Lettice Knollys who was Robert's mother.

[aBoleynGirl007]

Thank you, But if Katherine was the king's kid then Essex would have been the son of her half niece. But because Mary and Henry might have known and never said anything about it neither he nor his mother nor his granny ever got any recognition for it.

[supergirl011]

Did their affair start after Leicester died?

[persephonethemad]

Fantastic, most entertaining.

:D

[littlemisssunnydale]

Hmmm...I meant to put Hugh Dancy in 'Elizabeth I' (2005) not 'Elizabeth'. Whoops!