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Release year: 2022

Storyline

Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who becomes embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to secure the crown.

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Cast

Alicia von Rittberg — Elizabeth Tudor
John Heffernan — Duke of Somerset
Oliver Zetterström — Edward VI
Jamie Parker — John Dudley

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Did you know

• Alicia von Rittberg and Jessica Raine are 11 years apart in age. Princess Elizabeth and Catherine Parr were 21 years apart in age. Elizabeth was 14 when her father died while Catherine Parr was 35.

• Catharine Parr died (1548) of puerperal fever, at the time an illness that usually took some days to die from. Catherine died 7 days after giving birth. Thomas would have know she was sick and dying, rather than being a complete surprise. In 1537 his sister Jane Seymour died of the same illness, 12 days after giving birth.

• The series begins when Princess Elizabeth was 14 and her brother assumed the throne, however at the time of filming, Alicia von Rittberg was 27. Jessica Raine was 38 while Catherine Parr was 35. Catherine never saw her 40th birthday, instead she died at 36.