Mary I of England Her attempts to restore the Catholic faith to England comprised methods that were wholly brutal, cementing her place as one of the cruelest women in history. Born on February 18, 1516, Mary Tudor was the only child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon to survive into adulthood.
England's most ruthless monarchs: Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth I.
Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558.
Empress Wu Zetian of China
She was evil in her ascent through the court of the Tang Dynasty, killed her sister, older brothers and her lover, Emperor Gaozong, even her daughter who was in the line of succession to the throne. Wu exiled and executed anyone who threatened his reign, including children and grandchildren.
The Evil Queen, also known as the Wicked Queen, Queen Grimhilde, or just the Queen, is a fictional character who appears as the main antagonist in Walt Disney Productions' first animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and remains a villain character in their extended Snow White franchise.
Elizabeth I was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. She was queen for 45 years and is often considered one of England's greatest rulers. She never married and so her heir was her cousin James VI of Scotland, who became James I of England when Elizabeth died.
Elizabeth I died on 24 March 1603 at the age of 69 after a reign of 45 years. Many now believe she died by blood poisoning, but a post-mortem at the time wasn't permitted. Read about some of the theories surrounding the Queen's death.
Prince Charles arrived at 10:30 and was met by Princess Anne, who was already staying with the Queen. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, also travelled to Balmoral from the Birkhall estate. Only Charles and Anne were by the Queen's side when she died.
After a failed attempted by Hawaiian royalists' to restore Queen Liliuokalani to power in 1895, the queen was arrested and forced to abdicate her throne. She then endured a public trial in which she was convicted and later sentenced to imprisonment in an upstairs bedroom of the Palace for nearly eight months.
Henry VIII
One of England's most famous monarchs was a foul-tempered, gluttonous, bloodthirsty tyrant who, as well as ordering the executions of two of the women who had the misfortune to marry him, had an estimated 57,000 people executed during his 36-year reign.
Elizabeth I was one of most powerful English monarchs ever and arguably the most powerful woman in the world.
The Queen has made the top 50 of Forbes's most powerful women in 2020, but has slipped six places on last year. The Queen, 94, is at number 46 in the annual top 100, down from 40 in 2019. US vice president-elect Kamala Harris was up to third place, but German chancellor Angela Merkel remained in the top spot.
The queen had been egged before, but it happened in New Zealand rather than Britain, in February 1986, while she was riding in a car with Prince Philip through crowds in Auckland.
Queen is buried alongside late husband Duke of Edinburgh.
Sovereign immunity means that as head of the state Queen Elizabeth 'cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution'. As well as this, the Queen also benefits from diplomatic immunity, meaning she can commit a crime just about anywhere in the world and get away with it!
How did Queen Elizabeth II die? As it is common from people who live to 96 years of age, the queen's official cause of death has been registered as 'old age'. She was fortunate enough to live a full life and perished on her death bed with no further complications.
The Queen will be laid to rest today wearing only two precious pieces of jewellery. Her Majesty, who will be buried next to her husband Prince Philip later today, will wear only her wedding band and a pair of pearl earrings, despite owning a collection worth millions of pounds.
Her Majesty, who was 96 when she died, had been staying at Balmoral Estate in Scotland and Harry said he was met by Princess Anne when he ... Prince Harry arrived at Balmoral too late to say goodbye to his grandmother, the Queen, before she died.
I think it was a practical move in that Mary I was originally in that spot, so Elizabeth's coffin could be added on top and then the tomb built over the vault. With regards to why there is no effigy for Mary I, I would think that was because Mary had died over forty years ago and had only reigned for five years.
Restoring the Queen's beauty
It must have been soul destroying for a woman who believed that much of her power was due to her beauty. So, she began by covering her pockmarks with heavy white makeup. She used what was known as the “venetian ceruse”, a mixture of vinegar and lead; a potential killer.
Queen Elizabeth II and her younger sister, Princess Margaret, shared a close bond from childhood until Margaret's death. The Queen shared a heartbreaking statement after Princess Margaret passed away aged 71 on 9 February 2002, and it feels all the more poignant now, given the monarch's death in September 2022.
A future biography of Her Majesty authored by a close friend of Prince Philip stated that the Queen had bone marrow cancer, with bone pain being the most prevalent symptom. The remarks concerning her health problems were made in Gyles Brandreth's planned book, Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait.
While foreign negotiations continued, Elizabeth enjoyed the attention of young male courtiers like Thomas Heneage, Christopher Hatton and Walter Raleigh, and later Robert Devereux, earl of Essex, all of whom flirted their way into the queen's favour. But Robert Dudley remained the queen's first, and probably only love.
Queen Elizabeth II was admired for her leadership and calmness at times of great peril, holding together the Commonwealth during times of war and great suffering. When other leaders flinched or were not up to the task, you could always count on her to provide comfort and that sense that everything will be alright.
The reason- her special phone. According to Express UK, the Queen had a phone with a “highly encrypted anti-hacking mechanism”. The special mechanism in the phone, a Samsung model, was set up by the MI6 to prevent hackers from accessing any details of her personal conversations.