Elizabeth Tudor was never supposed to wear the crown. She was third in line for the throne and King Henry VIII declared her illegitimate. But after her half-sister Mary died Elizabeth was next in line. Elizabeth would make a England a world power and bring England into what is known as the Golden Age.

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