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Exclusive: Artwork offering fresh perspective on queen’s relationship with courtier to go on display at Kenilworth CastleThe intimate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and her courtier Robert Dudley, the 1st Earl of Leicester, has fascinated people for centuries.Though she never married (and famously declared herself the “Virgin Queen”), the last Tudor monarch maintained a close bond with the earl for decades – one that has inspired a score of literary and screen depictions including Elizabeth (starring Cate Blanchett and Joseph Fiennes) and Elizabeth I (starring Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons). Continue reading...