spymaster to Queen Elizabeth I, believing it to be the "the first English secret service”. The 428-year-old dossier, titled "The names of the Intelligencers," reveals Cecil's covert operations ...

A portrait of Elizabeth I, painted when she was around 13 years old. She is holding a prayer book, which symbolises her faith and learning. Elizabeth was only two and a half years old when her ...

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann Francis Drake's successful voyage included British sailors ...

A portrait of Elizabeth I, painted when she was around 13 years old. She is holding a prayer book, which symbolises her faith and learning. Elizabeth was only two and a half years old when her ...