I remember, at the time the movie came out, someone on this list posted
how
silly it was that Elizabeth wouldn't have known that her lover was
married.
(I forget his name -- sudden blank mind.) And of course, it was
ridiculous.
The whole movie was ridiculous.
Gail Finke
Ah, yes. Lord Robert
Yes, he did later marry Lady Essex (Lettice was widowed) in 1578, I
think. And it was a rather open secret (her father was present to
make certain that Lord Leicester could not repudiate the marriage
later). As long as the marriage was not in her face, she could
ignore it, and did. Once the
