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The Virgin Queen (2006)

6.61h 0mDrama

The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex.

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Director: Coky Giedroyc

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Anne-Marie Duff as Queen Elizabeth I

Anne-Marie Duff

Queen Elizabeth I

Tom Hardy as Robert Dudley - Earl of Leicester

Tom Hardy

Robert Dudley - Earl of Leicester

Sienna Guillory as Lettice Knollys

Sienna Guillory

Lettice Knollys

Ian Hart as William Cecil - Lord Burghley

Ian Hart

William Cecil - Lord Burghley

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