Murder on the palace floor

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Glamis Castle, Angus, part 1 The seat of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

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Richmond Palace, 22 March 1603. Elizabeth I – the self-proclaimed Virgin Queen who had ruled England for 44 years, seeing off the Armada, healing religious divisions and creating a court so magnificen

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