While she managed to establish diplomatic relations with some of the most powerful contemporary empires and supported Protestant struggles across Europe, her greatest foreign policy challenge was Catholic Spain and its Armada, over which England eventually triumphed.

Elizabeth’s personal religious convictions have been much debated by scholars. She was a Protestant, but kept Catholic symbols (such as the crucifix), and downplayed the role of sermons in defiance of a key Protestant belief. In terms of public policy she favoured pragmatism in dealing with religious matters.

Her religious policies, such as the Act of Supremacy and the Act of Uniformity, went a lot further to consolidate the power of the church under her and to regularize the practice of the faith.

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It is known however that she contracted smallpox in 1562 which left her face scarred. She took to wearing white lead makeup to cover the scars. In later life, she suffered the loss of her hair and her teeth, and in the last few years of her life, she refused to have a mirror in any of her rooms.

In a nutshell – yes, Prince Harry can still be king. This is because he was born into the royal family (and remains in) the royal line of succession. As it currently stands, Prince Harry is sixth in line to the throne. Prince Harry then follows his nieces and nephews as sixth in line to the throne.

Though they could still receive interest from the trust upon turning 25, they wouldn’t inherit the full sum until they turned 30. By the time both princes were 30, the residuary estate amounted to £10 million (about $16 million) for each of them.

When Prince Philip married then-Princess Elizabeth more than 70 years ago, he was forced to renounce his Greek and Danish royal titles in order to become the Duke of Edinburgh; however, a decade later, then-Queen Elizabeth II officially named him a British Prince.

Prince Philip was a prince consort. In British royalty, the wife of a king is called a queen consort, but the husband of a queen is called a prince consort, not a king consort. He was not crowned during his wife Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation ceremony in 1953.

The pair were first introduced to one another at the wedding of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark and Prince George, Duke of Kent. Before his death, the Queen and Prince Philip reportedly would not only “sleep in separate beds”, but they also had “separate bedrooms” as well.

After the queen dies or steps down, Prince Charles is next to the throne, then Prince William. After Prince William, the heir to the throne would be his eldest son Prince George.

According to Royal Central, the royal line of succession is fixed in order to keep the monarchy in check — meaning, the queen (and any other monarch) cannot choose her successor. That is unless the successor violates certain royal succession rules and is deemed unfit to be monarch.

Unless he chooses a regnal name, William will be known as King William V. He could choose any other name under which to rule – including one of his middle names such as King Arthur or King George.

But royal succession law dictates that the Queen can’t just skip Charles; he’ll automatically become King upon the Queen’s passing. The only way for William to become King without Charles holding the title first is if Charles passes away before the Queen. It’s not up to the Queen who becomes King; the law decides it.

The Prince of Wales might not ascend to the throne to become the King of England when the Queen’s reign ends, despite being the heir apparent, a royal author has claimed.

He will rest there, at least until the queen’s death, alongside the remains of 24 other royals, including King George III, whose reign included the years of the American Revolution. The queen and Philip are expected to be buried together in the Royal Burial Ground on the Frogmore Estate close to Windsor Castle.