Ii have a problem. i need a husband and a male heir so when i die someone powerful will be there to take over. its not easy to choose a husband as a queen.
its too much work to choose a side so i wont marry, im married to my country already. i will just make my cousin james VI my heir.
another problem, the religous settlement! lots of my country wants england to be catholic and some of it wants it to be protestant. but im protestant and i want to be in charge.
ok, i will make my country protestant but thats not fair for the catholics so i will let them have their beliefs and traditions. i will call it 'via media' 1563.
war with spain! i could have married phillip II but i chose not to because my sister Mary was married to him. he helped Mary turn england catholic and isnt happy now that i have made it protestant. so he is now attacking here in 1588!
When phillip II came i made a big speech to my soldiers on the coast before war. i was very good a planning and i managed to defeat the spanish armada and england is safe. now i have gained a reputation as queen.