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Podcast: British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics
Episode: Her Mother's Daughter: Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I, pt 1
Description: Queen Elizabeth I is regularly associated with her father, Henry VIII. The least likely heir became the most successful of his children and the longest-reigning Tudor monarch. Elizabeth is described as resembling her royal father, perhaps more than his other two children. And Elizabeth’s fiery temper certainly matched the historic temper of Henry VIII.Elizabeth I and Henry VIII are certainly the most famous Tudor monarchs, and two of the most famous monarchs of all time. Elizabeth is reported to have linked herself firmly to her father: “I may not be a lion, but I am a li...