Since the Norman dynasty and the Plantagenet dynasty, the court had always been the "heart" of England, with all of England's blood flowing toward it. Around the king gathered bishops, lawyers, learned writers, poets, explorers, artists, as well as gamblers, dispossessed fallen nobles, and frauds posing as astrologers. All of them sought the king's favor at court. Wherever the king went, he attracted a crowd trailing after him. Even in Elizabeth I's time, being unable to enter the court was like suffering the curse of eternal damnation.
Elizabeth I's mother was the famous Anne Boleyn, while her successor was James Stuart, son of Mary Stuart.
There were already so many heirs. Elizabeth I could have picked any one of them, so why risk her life to bear a child herself?
There was only one throne, yet countless people were fighting desperately to wear that crown.
The Church had not recognized Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn. It had not even recognized Henry VIII's divorce from his first queen, much less Elizabeth I's coronation. This left Elizabeth I in an "illegitimate" position.
The queen focused more on consolidating her right to rule. She knew very well how to win her subjects' love, and she could use her marriage as a bargaining chip to balance power between the two great nations of France and Spain, securing the greatest possible benefit for Britain. It was said that after ascending the throne, she wore her coronation ring on the ring finger of her left hand, symbolizing her dedication of her life to the nation and its people.
Queen Anne was the last monarch of the Stuart dynasty. She married George, Prince of Denmark, and bore seventeen children, but every one of them died young. This Danish prince did not receive Britain's "regency" powers as