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Britain's splendor is inseparable from Queen Elizabeth, under her leadership, Britain became the strongest country in Europe, established a colony in North America, and also laid a solid foundation for Britain's industrial revolution in the 18th century and becoming an empire that never sets. These 45 years of Queen Elizabeth's reign are known as britain's golden age. But why would such a capable and beautiful queen never marry for life?
In addition to her desire to achieve something, I am afraid that it is related to her childhood experience.
When Elizabeth was three years old, something happened that affected her life, and her biological father, Henry VIII, killed her mother with his own hands for "adultery". The girl, who was Princess Elizabeth yesterday, became Miss Elizabeth, and because of her mother's crime, Elizabeth became an illegitimate daughter and was expelled from the palace and cared for by a governess.
Young Elizabeth showed a wise and intelligent side from an early age, and she was already proficient in four foreign languages before she was picked back by her father at the age of 12. This surprised her father, Henry VIII, who was not optimistic about her at all. The father restored Elizabeth and her half-sister Mary to their status. In other words, the recognition that Elizabeth was not an illegitimate daughter also had the right to inherit the throne.
Soon after, his father, Henry VIII, died and was succeeded by his son Edward, who, before his father's death, appointed Queen Catherine as Elizabeth's adoptive mother.
It was at this time that Elizabeth, who was only 14 years old, met the first man in her life.
The man's name was Thomas Seymour, the uncle of his brother King Edward. This Thomas Seymour was extremely powerful, and in order to control his nephew Edward, he thought of a bad move, he was going to propose to the old queen Catherine.
In fact, Catherine and Seymour have already intersected, and the two are old acquaintances. Seymour's marriage proposal was immediately successful, and Seymour became the stepfather of 14-year-old Elizabeth.
But it was this "stepfather" who began to make Elizabeth not believe in love, and even in men.
When Seymour lived with Catherine for a while, he found that his choice had deviated, and he thought that if he were to lean on the old queen Catherine, it would be better to lean on Elizabeth, who might inherit the throne, even if Elizabeth was 14 years old at this time, and Seymour was more than 40 years old.
Seymour began his "uncle-like" seduction, trying to capture the heart of 14-year-old Elizabeth.
The simple Elizabeth is not an opponent at all in front of Seymour, who is already in her 40s and has countless readers, Seymour always approaches ambiguity consciously or unconsciously, and what is even more strange is that her reaction is somewhat special, and the young Elizabeth is somewhat expecting Seymour's ambiguous teasing.
Seymour had the key to Elizabeth's room, and every morning he would enter Elizabeth's room half naked and wake Elizabeth up with a hawthorn.
Elizabeth was intoxicated by this gentle and fawn-jumping teasing, but she felt that she had been violated, and she did not want to know whether she should strictly refuse, so she had to get up early and dress up to wait for Seymour to avoid skin contact.
However, this ambiguous relationship was discovered by her adoptive mother Catherine, Elizabeth was driven away, and the two never saw each other again
Soon, Whether it was a coincidence or an intentional adoptive mother Catherine died, Seymour could not wait to propose to Elizabeth. While young Elizabeth showed her powery maneuver, she told Seymour that she would agree as long as Parliament agreed.
The demon-stricken Seymour entered the palace with his sword and was executed by King Edward for assassination and treason.
This may be a plan for Elizabeth, Elizabeth killed the nasty Seymour without bloodshed, but the matter is not over, and her "scandal" with Seymour is getting more and more mysterious, and even rumors are that Elizabeth is pregnant with Seymour's child.
Although after Edward's intervention, the rumors no longer spread, but the incident deeply hurt Elizabeth's concept of love, she realized that if a man expressed love and courtesy to her, it must be for her position, not for her personal. From then on, Elizabeth no longer believed in men.
Although Queen Elizabeth had no shortage of lovers and faces in her life, she never got married.